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3/3/07

Caribbean360.com: Cuba gets clean bill of health on drugs trafficking and money laundering from US but not CARICOM

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Cuba gets clean bill of health on drugs trafficking and money laundering from US but not CARICOM

Cuba has topped the list of countries in the Caribbean getting next to a squeaky clean bill of health when it comes to drugs trafficking and money laundering, but member states of CARICOM are a major concern to the United States which issued its 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) yesterday in Washington DC.

In the Caribbean Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and St Kitts/Nevis, were cited as the marijuana producers supplying Caribbean, US, and European markets.Guyana has been cited as a trans-shipment point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean with domestic seizures of cocaine, in 2006, being "insignificant". "The Government of Guyana's (GOG) inability to control its borders, a lack of law enforcement presence, and a lack of aircraft or patrol boats allow traffickers to move drug shipments via sea, river, and air with little resistance.Smugglers also take direct routes, such as driving or boating across the uncontrolled borders with Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The report mentioned that inside the country, narcotics are transported to George-town by road, water, or air and then sent on to the Caribbean, North America, or Europe via commercial air carriers or cargo ships. "Go-fast" boats may also carry cocaine from Guyana's rivers to mother-ships in the Atlantic. It said authorities have arrested drug mules attempting to smuggle small amounts of cocaine on virtually every northbound route out of the international airport. Additionally, the report said drug traffickers also use cargo ships to export narcotics from Guyana, either directly to North America and Europe, or through intermediate Caribbean ports.

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