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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Luis Jaime Acosta

Colombia to combat money laundering in anti-drugs fight -police director

Director of Colombia's National Police Major General Henry Armando Sanabria, who was appointed by President Gustavo Petro, talks to Reuters, in Bogota, Colombia September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Camilo Cohecha

Colombia will focus its anti-drug fight on weakening traffickers' financial power and will continue forced eradication of coca crops, the country's new national police director said in his first interview with international media.

The South American country, considered the world's top producer of cocaine, comes under frequent pressure from prime ally the United States to reduce cocaine output.

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