Brazil:
limited illicit producer of cannabis, minor coca cultivation
in the Amazon region, mostly used for domestic consumption;
government has a large-scale eradication program to control
cannabis; important transshipment country for Bolivian, Colombian,
and Peruvian cocaine headed for the US and Europe; also used by
traffickers as a way station for narcotics air transshipments
between Peru and Colombia; upsurge in drug-related violence and
weapons smuggling; important market for Bolivian, Peruvian, and
Colombian cocaine
British Virgin Islands:
transshipment point for South American
narcotics destined for the US and Europe
Brunei:
drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled
substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory
death penalty
Bulgaria:
major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian
heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the
European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals
Burma:
world's second largest producer of illicit opium, after
Afghanistan (potential production in 1999 - 1,090 metric tons, down
38% due to drought; cultivation in 1999 - 89,500 hectares, a 31%
decline from 1998); surrender of drug warlord KHUN SA's Mong Tai
Army in January 1996 was hailed by Rangoon as a major
counternarcotics success, but lack of government will and ability to
take on major narcotrafficking groups and lack of serious commitment
against money laundering continues to hinder the overall antidrug
effort; becoming a major source of methamphetamine for regional
consumption
Cambodia:
possible money laundering; narcotics-related corruption
reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police;
possible small-scale opium, heroin, and amphetamine production;
large producer of cannabis for the international market
Canada:
illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market;
use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large
quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; transit point for
heroin and cocaine entering the US market
Cape Verde:
used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs moving
from Latin America and Africa destined for Western Europe
Cayman Islands:
vulnerable to drug money laundering and drug
transshipment to the US and Europe
Chile:
a growing transshipment country for cocaine destined for the
US and Europe; economic prosperity has made Chile more attractive to
traffickers seeking to launder drug profits; imported precursors
passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising