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The world is being flooded with cocaine right now.
More land is being cultivated for coca in South America.
Gangs have taken control of ports in Ecuador and Brazil.
And a well-oiled global supply chain has allowed for the illicit drug to travel around the world.
Cocaine production has increased so much that cartels are looking for new markets.
That's our colleague Suna Rasmussen.
He says that a lot of that cocaine is headed to Europe.
The cocaine market in Europe has exploded.
Cocaine here is now cheaper, better, and there's more of it than ever before.
Europe is now the second largest market for cocaine in the world, after North America.
Europe is being hit by a wave of cocaine, according to Europol.
The law enforcement agency admits the problem is worse than it first realized,
with organized crime networks better connected and increasingly violent.