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narcotics destined for the US and Europe

Brunei:
drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled
substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory
death penalty

Bulgaria:
major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian
heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the
European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals

Burma:
world's second largest producer of illicit opium, after
Afghanistan (potential production in 1999 - 1,090 metric tons, down
38% due to drought; cultivation in 1999 - 89,500 hectares, a 31%
decline from 1998); surrender of drug warlord KHUN SA's Mong Tai
Army in January 1996 was hailed by Rangoon as a major
counternarcotics success, but lack of government will and ability to
take on major narcotrafficking groups and lack of serious commitment
against money laundering continues to hinder the overall antidrug
effort; becoming a major source of methamphetamine for regional
consumption

Cambodia:
possible money laundering; narcotics-related corruption
reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police;
possible small-scale opium, heroin, and amphetamine production;
large producer of cannabis for the international market

Canada:
illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market;
use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large
quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; transit point for
heroin and cocaine entering the US market

Cape Verde:
used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs moving
from Latin America and Africa destined for Western Europe

Cayman Islands:
vulnerable to drug money laundering and drug
transshipment to the US and Europe

Chile:
a growing transshipment country for cocaine destined for the
US and Europe; economic prosperity has made Chile more attractive to
traffickers seeking to launder drug profits; imported precursors
passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising

China:
major transshipment point for heroin produced in the Golden
Triangle; growing domestic drug abuse problem; source country for
chemical precursors and methamphetamine

Colombia:
illicit producer of coca, opium poppies, and cannabis;
world's leading coca cultivator (cultivation of coca in 1999 -
122,500 hectares, a 20.3% increase over 1998); cultivation of opium
in 1999 increased to 7,500 hectares from