NewsWhore
09-17-2009, 06:00 PM
The DR and three other Caribbean nations are on a narcotics list published by the US. Under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, the US President is required to notify Congress of the countries that his staff identifies as major illicit drug producers and transit countries. There is no change from last year's list.
The 20 countries designated on the 2009 list are: Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Burma, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
The US Department of State says, "that a country's presence on the list does not necessarily reflect its counter-narcotics efforts nor does it reflect its cooperation with the United States."
The designation, however, can reflect a combination of geographical, commercial and economic factors that allow drugs to be produced and/or trafficked through a country despite its own best efforts.
DR National Drug Control Department (DNCD) spokesman Roberto Lebron says the US has recognized the DR's efforts in fighting drug trafficking. He said that the US and the DR are allies in the fight against narcotics.
www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129236.htm (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129236.htm)
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The 20 countries designated on the 2009 list are: Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Burma, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
The US Department of State says, "that a country's presence on the list does not necessarily reflect its counter-narcotics efforts nor does it reflect its cooperation with the United States."
The designation, however, can reflect a combination of geographical, commercial and economic factors that allow drugs to be produced and/or trafficked through a country despite its own best efforts.
DR National Drug Control Department (DNCD) spokesman Roberto Lebron says the US has recognized the DR's efforts in fighting drug trafficking. He said that the US and the DR are allies in the fight against narcotics.
www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129236.htm (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129236.htm)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)