Afghanistan:
world's largest illicit opium producer, surpassing
Burma (potential production in 1999 - 1,670 metric tons; cultivation
in 1999 - 51,500 hectares, a 23% increase over 1998); a major source
of hashish; increasing number of heroin-processing laboratories
being set up in the country; major political factions in the country
profit from drug trade
Albania:
increasingly active transshipment point for Southwest Asian
opiates, hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and - to
a far lesser extent - cocaine from South America destined for
Western Europe; limited opium and cannabis production; ethnic
Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active and rapidly expanding
in Europe
Angola:
increasingly used as a transshipment point for cocaine and
heroin destined for Western Europe and other African states
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 a
drug-money-laundering center
Argentina:
use as a transshipment country for cocaine headed for
Europe and the US; increasing use as a money-laundering center;
domestic consumption of drugs in urban centers is increasing
Armenia:
illicit cultivator of cannabis mostly for domestic
consumption; increasingly used as a transshipment point for illicit
drugs - mostly opium and hashish - to Western Europe and the US via
Iran, Central Asia, and Russia
Aruba:
drug-money-laundering center and transit point for narcotics
bound for the US and Europe
Australia:
Tasmania is one of the world's major suppliers of licit
opiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas of
opium poppy cultivation and output of poppy straw concentrate
Austria:
transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and South
American cocaine destined for Western Europe