Smuggling illicit drugs inside containers and ship hulls continues at high levels, and crews must stay vigilant and take preventive measures whenever in Brazilian ports and anchorages Upward global and regional trends Cocaine busts Despite not being a producer, Brazil remains a strategic hub for the transhipment and trafficking of illicit drugs domestically and across air and sea borders to consumer or intermediary markets in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Between 2017 and 2022, it trailed only Colombia as the top … Continue lendo Update on maritime cocaine trafficking in Brazil