Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 91,699
females age 18-49: 87,550 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$0 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0% (2002 est.)
Transnational Issues Dominican Republic
Disputes - international: increasing numbers of illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find work
Illicit drugs:
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; substantial
money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the
Dominican Republic for illicit financial transactions
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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