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Cesar Alvarez, Lecturer in Terrorism and Security Studies, Charles Sturt University

Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores

Members of the Colombian anti-narcotics police test cocaine after a drug bust. RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images

Imagine an area larger than the Australian Capital Territory, nearly twice the size of London and four times that of New York City covered in coca plantations.

That’s the scale of Colombia’s coca cultivation, according to an estimate from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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