word | | Illicit drugs |
| cash | Ecuador | ... Ecuadorian Pacific waters; importer of precursor chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; attractive location for cash-placement by drug traffickers laundering money because of dollarization and weak anti-money-laundering regime ... |
| cash | 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 |
| cash | Macedonia | ... destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement |
| casinos | 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 |
| center | Antigua and Barbuda | considered a minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as an offshore financial center |
| center | Bahamas, The | transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center |
| center | Barbados | one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center |
| center | Belarus | ... and via Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe; a small and lightly regulated financial center; anti-money-laundering legislation does not meet international standards and was weakened further when know ... |
| center | 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 |
| center | Cayman Islands | major offshore financial center; vulnerable to drug transshipment to the US and Europe (2008) |
| center | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | ... rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leaves the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center (2008 |
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