Estimating the Financial Flows in Peru’s Cocaine Economy

The cocaine production and trade in Peru are key topics on the research agenda on illegal economies. This article provides a conservative estimate of the monetary flow mobilized along the cocaine market’s supply chain in Peru, based on arithmetic calculations derived mainly from data provided by the Comisión Nacional para una Vida sin Drogas, the Dirección contra las Drogas de la Policía Nacional del Perú, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Ten monetary transactions were identified, with a gross income of USD 1,889 from the final sale of cocaine, while the total gross value of transactions across the production chain would amount to more than USD 5.414 billion. These figures suggest that the illicit economy circulates greater financial resources than those allocated by the State to its control institutions.

• Auteur principal: Mujica, Jaris (author)
• Autres auteurs: Zevallos Trigoso, Nicolás (author), Campos Vásquez, Christian (author)
• Format: article
• Langue: spa
• Publié: 2026
• Sujets: cadena de suministro; economías ilegales; exportación de cocaína; hoja de coca; inteligencia financiera; producción de cocaína; Perú; UNODC; clorhidrato de cocaína; tráfico de drogas; ingreso bruto; eslabones; flujo monetario; mano de obra; pistas clandestinas; supply chain; illegal economies; cocaine exports; coca leaf; financial intelligence; cocaine production; Peru; cocaine hydrochloride; drug trafficking; gross income; links; cash flow; labor; clandestine airstrips
• Accès en ligne: https://revistas.iaen.edu.ec/index.php/estado_comunes/article/view/408