Avocado Toast Is Sparking a Chilean Crime Wave
- Avocado theft has become big business as prices hit records
- Soaring demand, long-term drought and Peru rains push up price
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Chile’s location far from the demand centers and trafficking routes had protected the country from a continent-wide crime wave -- until now. This year, demand from European millennials and rich Chinese has pushed the price of avocados so high, even Chilean gangs are getting in on the act.
Theft of the so-called green gold has become big business.