Santa Cruz is Bolivia’s largest and wealthiest city but it’s also become a centre for the country’s thriving illegal drugs trade. Bolivia is now the world’s third largest producer of cocaine and it’s also a key transit country for trafficking. All this is leading to a spike in violent crime.
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Cocaine: History between the Lines
Dan Collyns worked as the Peru producer on this feature-length History Channel documentary about the cocaine trade. Toby Barraud of NFGTV hired Dan to get the inside track on the drugs war at source.
A sweet alternative
From cocaine to chocolate. Can cocoa really be a substitute for the leaf that makes cocaine?