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原文传递 Country Profile: Costa Rica, April 2000. Drug Intelligence Brief

题名：	Country Profile: Costa Rica, April 2000. Drug Intelligence Brief
作者：	empty
关键词：	Drug industry##Costa Rica##Drugs##Drug smuggling##Chemical industry##Drug interdiction##Illicit drugs##Street drugs##Substance abuse##Cocaine##Marijuana##Heroin##Trends##Chemicals##Legislation##Law enforcement##Treaties##Drug abuse##Production##Prices##Drug trafficking##Drug seizures##Money laundering##
摘要：	Drug traffickers use Costa Rica as a transshipment and staging area for shipments of South American-produced cocaine and heroin destined for the United States and Europe. Costa Rica's strategic location on the Central American Isthmus makes the country an important transshipment route and, until recently, a temporary storage area for drug traffickers from Central and South America-especially Colombian-based organizations. The country's Pacific and Caribbean coastlines, as well as the Pan-American Highway, which runs the length of the country, provide transit routes, which are used heavily by traffickers. During 1997 and 1998, Costa Rican authorities seized record amounts of cocaine-over 7 metric tons during both 1997 and 1998. Faced with enhanced interdiction by Costa Rican officials, drug trafficking organizations reacted to the 1998 overland seizures by redirecting traditional road transshipment points along the Pan- American Highway to Guatemala and Mexico using go-fast boats and aircraft. The change in drug trafficking patterns resulted in a significant decrease in cocaine seizures during 1999. During 1999, however, the Costa Rican Government, working jointly with the U.S. Government, conducted extensive eradication campaigns, eliminating more than 2 million cannabis plants.
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报告类型：	科技报告