Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; small-scale cannabis cultivation
page last updated on November 11, 2009
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@Samoa (Australia-Oceania)
Introduction ::Samoa
Background:
New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
Geography ::Samoa
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