| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Anguilla |
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
considered a minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as an offshore financial center |
| Aruba |
transit point for US- and Europe-bound narcotics with some accompanying money-laundering activity; relatively high percentage of population consumes cocaine |
| Bahamas, The |
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center |
| Barbados |
one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center |
| Belize |
transshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producer of cannabis, primarily for local consumption; money-laundering activity related to narcotics trafficking and offshore sector |
| British Virgin Islands |
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe; large offshore financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering |
| Cayman Islands |
offshore financial center; vulnerable to drug transshipment to the US and Europe |
| Costa Rica |
transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America; illicit production of cannabis in remote areas; domestic cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising; significant consumption of amphetamines |
| Cuba |
territorial waters and air space serve as transshipment zone for US- and European-bound drugs; established the death penalty for certain drug-related crimes in 1999 |
| Dominica |
transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor cannabis producer; anti-money-laundering enforcement is weak, making the country particularly vulnerable to money laundering |
| Dominican Republic |
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the Dominican Republic for illicit financial transactions; significant amphetamine consumption |
| El Salvador |
transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; significant use of cocaine |
| Grenada |
small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US |
| Guatemala |
major transit country for cocaine and heroin; in 2005, cultivated 100 hectares of opium poppy after reemerging as a potential source of opium in 2004; potential production of less than 1 metric ton of pure heroin; marijuana cultivation for mostly domestic consumption; proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a major staging area for drugs (particularly for cocaine); money laundering is a serious problem; corruption is a major problem |
| Haiti |
Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis |
| Honduras |
transshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicit producer of cannabis, cultivated on small plots and used principally for local consumption; corruption is a major problem; some money-laundering activity |
| Jamaica |
transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions |
| Martinique |
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe |
| Montserrat |
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe |
| Netherlands Antilles |
transshipment point for South American drugs bound for the US and Europe; money-laundering center |
| Nicaragua |
transshipment point for cocaine destined for the US and transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing |
| Panama |
major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a major problem |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; some money-laundering activity |
| Saint Lucia |
transit point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; small-scale cannabis cultivation |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; producer of cannabis |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe |
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