French Antilles and Guiana: on the international cocaine trafficking routes

2015 was marked by record cocaine seizures - close on 11 tonnes - on French territory.

The scale of these seizures is largely due to the operations performed in the Caribbean zone with a high degree of French activity due to the presence of two French overseas departments, Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the collectivity of Saint-Martin. 

At the same time, the rise in cocaine seizures in Guiana, or originating from this territory, suggests that this French department in South America is in the process of becoming a major cocaine transit zone targeting not only France, but the Northern European market.

Publication type
Drugs, International Challenges
No.
9
Publication date
Language
French
English
Author(s)
GANDILHON
Michel
WEINBERGER
David
Edited by
OFDT
Number of pages
8
Products & addictions
Cocaine and crack
Themes
Supply and markets
Territories
Overseas
French Guiana
International
Martinique
Guadeloupe