Macedonia
major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and
hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine 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 (no arrests or
prosecutions for money laundering to date)
Madagascar
illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild
varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point
for heroin
Malaysia
regional transit point for some illicit drugs; drug
trafficking prosecuted vigorously and carries severe penalties
Malta
minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to
Western Europe
Martinique
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for
the US and Europe
Mauritius
minor consumer and transshipment point for heroin from
South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally;
significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money
laundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and the
government appears generally to be committed to regulating its
banking industry
Mexico
major drug-producing nation; cultivation of opium poppy in
2004 amounted to 3,500 hectares, but opium cultivation stayed within
the range - between 3,500 and 5,500 hectares - observed in nine of
the last 12 years; potential production of 9 metric tons of pure
heroin, or 23 metric tons of "black tar" heroin, the dominant form
of Mexican heroin in the western United States; marijuana
cultivation decreased 23% to 5,800 hectares in 2004 after
decade-high cultivation peak in 2003; potential production of 10,400
metric tons of marijuana in 2004; government conducts the largest
independent illicit-crop eradication program in the world; major
supplier of heroin and largest foreign supplier of marijuana and
methamphetamine to the US market; continues as the primary
transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America,
accounting for about 90% of estimated annual cocaine movement to the
US; major drug syndicates control majority of drug trafficking
throughout the country; producer and distributor of ecstasy;
significant money-laundering center
Moldova
limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for
CIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from
Southwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and
possibly the US; widespread crime and underground economic activity
Montserrat
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined
for the US and Europe
Morocco
illicit producer of hashish; shipments of hashish mostly
directed to Western Europe; transit point for cocaine from South
America destined for Western Europe