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The 2025 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report is crystal clear:
- Venezuela is free of coca cultivation and international cartels.
- Only a small amount of Colombian drug production passes through Venezuela on its way to the U.S. and Europe.
As Pino Arlacchi, former UNODC Executive Director, put it: “For 30 years, annual reports did not address Venezuelan drug trafficking because it does not exist.”