Inside the High-Stakes World of Cocaine Trafficking

💊Over four million people in the USA regularly use cocaine, spending over $37 billion on the drug annually.

🚁The production of cocaine starts in the remote VRAE region of Peru, where coca leaves worth $3/kg are grown by peasant farmers.

💰Coke dealers in Los Angeles, such as Homey, supply some of the world's most famous faces, earning $200/ounce in profit.

🛩️Drug cartels transport the raw cocaine paste to other countries, where its value rises from $900/kg to $1,300/kg.

🚁US Customs and Border Protection use high-tech surveillance planes to track and intercept cocaine-filled planes.

How much money is spent on cocaine annually in the USA?

—Over $37 billion.

Where does the production of cocaine start?

—In the VRAE region of Peru, where coca leaves are grown.

How much profit do coke dealers in Los Angeles make?

—$200 per ounce.

What happens to the value of cocaine when it reaches other countries?

—It rises from $900/kg to $1,300/kg.

How does US Customs and Border Protection track cocaine-filled planes?

—They use high-tech surveillance planes.

00:09The video starts with a phone ringing and introduces Homey, a LA gang member who deals cocaine to Hollywood celebrities.

03:33Homey visits a stash house to collect cocaine and prepares for a red carpet event.

08:10The video shifts focus to Peru, where coca leaves are grown by peasant farmers in the VRAE region.

12:36José and his family harvest the coca leaves and produce cocaine paste.

15:07The cocaine paste is transported out of Peru and its value increases to $1,300/kg.

16:58Manuel transports over 800 kg of cocaine to an airfield, where it will leave the country.

22:22US Customs and Border Protection tracks a cocaine-filled plane, but loses contact over Belize's airspace.

23:47The P3 surveillance plane finds the coke plane again in Guatemala, where it lands and unloads the cocaine.