US report says Balkans remain major drug route

2.3.2010 by CrniLabudovi.

 

US report says Balkans remain major drug route

02/03/2010

WASHINGTON, United States — The Balkans remain a major transit route for drugs moving from production to consumer countries, despite efforts by local governments to combat trafficking, the US State Department concluded in its annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report published on Monday (March 1st). According to the document, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey are major transit countries for narcotics smuggling. To a lesser extent, the report said, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo and Montenegro are also smuggling routes. Albania is seen as a cannabis supplier, while Bulgaria produces amphetamine-type stimulants. The report warns of a surge in drug use in Croatia, Cyprus and Kosovo. Macedonia is singled out as neither a big producer nor a major regional transit point for illegal drug trafficking. (US State Department website - 01/03/10

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Briefing on Release of the 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)

David T. Johnson
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Washington, DC

March 1, 2010

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MR. TONER: Good afternoon – I had to check. It’s my pleasure to introduce you today to Assistant Secretary David Johnson of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. He’ll be briefing on the annual comprehensive assessment of worldwide illegal – of the worldwide illegal drug and transnational money laundering situation, known as the International Narcotic Control Strategy Report, or by the acronym INCSR.
This report covers calendar year 2009 and its conclusions reflect the Department’s analysis of the international drug control and money laundering environment during the last calendar year. The briefing’s on the record and CDs of the two-volume report are available in the Press Office. We’ll also be bringing them in here to hand out and will be posted on the State Department website at the conclusion of the briefing.
Without further ado, I’ll let the Assistant Secretary take over.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON: Thank you.
MR. TONER: Thank you.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON: Good afternoon. Today, we have the opportunity to present the 27^th edition of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report to the Congress, or INCSR, as we refer to it here. This report is a review of foreign governments’ efforts to deal with their own domestic narcotics problems and to meet their international responsibilities as set forth in UN narcotics and crime treaties.
The drugs and chemical controls section covers some 130 countries and jurisdictions. The second section on money laundering and financial crimes describes the efforts of 60 nations to implement strong anti money-laundering and counterterrorist financing regime. This information provides a comprehensive assessment of the worldwide illegal drug and transnational money laundering terrorist finance situation.http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/rm/137531.htm

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