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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
INTRODUCTION 7
Colombia's Role in the Cocaine Market in 2023 8
Security Trends in Colombia 10
Political Context 11
LOOKING AHEAD: POINTS OF TENSION 13
Illicit Coca Eradication Efforts 13
US Security Assistance to Colombia 14
US-COLOMBIA ADVISORY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADVANCE BILATERAL COOPERATION ON DRUG POLICY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 15
1. Enhance international cooperation efforts to dismantle organized crime groups and bolster interdiction operations 15
2. Define precise and inclusive guidelines for the manual eradication of "industrial" plantations, while working to develop additional metrics to measure progress 16
3. Strengthen coordination efforts between national and local governance on rule of law and state presence in conflict-torn communities 17
4. Expand and strengthen US-led capacity-building programs for the prevention and detection of money laundering and financial crimes, with an emphasis on cyber-based... 18
5. Advance the implementation of a holistic bilateral counternarcotics agenda through a careful balance of effective drug policies 18
6. Work with affected communities to develop an environmentally sustainable approach to transition to legal crop cultivation while mitigating further environmental damage 19
7. Advocate for the creation of a multilateral trust fund that can provide sustained funding for crop substitution and alternative development programs to curb the growing... 20
CONCLUSION 21
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 22
Table 1. Ten Priority Departments in Crop Substitution Program 13
Figure 1. Cocaine Seizures and Eradication in Colombia 10
Figure 2. Major Trafficking Pathways 16