word | | Illicit drugs |
| occasionally | Russia | ... American cocaine bound for growing domestic markets, to a lesser extent Western and Central Europe, and occasionally to the US; major source of heroin precursor chemicals; corruption and organized crime are key ... |
| occurs | Romania | ... cocaine bound for Western Europe; although not a significant financial center, role as a narcotics conduit leaves it vulnerable to laundering, which occurs via the banking system, currency exchange houses, and casinos |
| offenses | Brunei | drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory death penalty |
| official | Panama | ... 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 |
| offshore | Antigua and Barbuda | considered a minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as an offshore financial center |
| offshore | Bahamas, The | transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center |
| offshore | Barbados | one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center |
| offshore | Belize | transshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producer of cannabis, primarily for local consumption; offshore sector money-laundering activity related to narcotics trafficking and other crimes (2008) |
| offshore | 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 |
| offshore | Cayman Islands | major offshore financial center; vulnerable to drug transshipment to the US and Europe (2008) |
| offshore | Cyprus | ... from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to money laundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sector remains weak (2008 |
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