Peru has overtaken Colombia as the world’ largest producer of cocaine. The data was provided by the UN’s Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) which in a report has stated that 45.5% of cocaine now comes from Peru compared to 39.3% produced by Colombia and 15.3% by Bolivia.
In 2009 Lima produced 119,000 tons of coke leaves compared to the 103,000 produced in Colombia during the same period.