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"Fariña" (the Galician word for "flour") is a slang term for and the title of a widely acclaimed book and television series documenting the rise of drug trafficking in Galicia, Spain. 📘 The Original Book

Carretero used direct testimonies from narcos, judges, police, and mothers of addicts to paint a detailed picture of the region's socio-economic collapse. 📺 The TV Series ( Cocaine Coast ) FariГ±a

Written by investigative journalist and released in 2015, the non-fiction book Fariña (translated as Cocaine Coast or Snow on the Atlantic ) exposes how Galicia became Europe’s primary gateway for cocaine in the 1980s. "Fariña" (the Galician word for "flour") is a

It traces the evolution of Galician crime clans from "inoffensive" tobacco smuggling to becoming powerful allies of Colombian cartels. It traces the evolution of Galician crime clans

In 2018, a Spanish judge ordered a precautionary ban on the book's sale due to a defamation lawsuit from a former mayor mentioned in the text. This "kidnapping" of the book backfired, causing sales to skyrocket before it was eventually lifted.