Dominican Republic:
transshipment point for South American drugs
destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for
ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada
Ecuador:
significant transit country for cocaine and derivatives of
coca originating in Colombia and Peru; importer of precursor
chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; important
money-laundering hub; increased activity on the northern frontier by
trafficking groups and Colombian insurgents
Egypt:
a transit point for Southwest Asian and Southeast Asian
heroin and opium moving to Europe, Africa, and the US; popular
transit stop for Nigerian couriers
El Salvador:
transshipment point for cocaine; marijuana produced for
local consumption; domestic drug abuse on the rise
Estonia:
transshipment point for opiates and cannabis from Southwest
Asia and the Caucasus via Russia, cocaine from Latin America to
Western Europe and Scandinavia, and synthetic drugs from Western
Europe to Scandinavia; possible precursor manufacturing and/or
trafficking; synthetic drug production growing, trafficked to
Russia, Baltics, Finland
Ethiopia:
transit hub for heroin originating in Southwest and
Southeast Asia and destined for Europe and North America as well as
cocaine destined for markets in southern Africa; cultivates qat
(khat) for local use and regional export, principally to Djibouti
and Somalia
France:
transshipment point for and consumer of South American
cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics
French Guiana:
small amount of marijuana grown for local
consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe
Georgia:
limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for
domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via
Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia
Germany:
source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine
processors; transshipment point for and consumer of Southwest Asian
heroin, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced synthetic drugs