Dominican Republic Transnational Issues 2014, CIA World Factbook

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Dominican Republic Transnational Issues 2014

SOURCE: 2014 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on January 31, 2014

Disputes - international: Haitian migrants cross the porous border into the Dominican Republic to find work; illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find better 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 in particular by Colombian narcotics traffickers; significant amphetamine consumption (2008)

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Dominican Republic Transnational Issues 2014 SOURCE: 2014 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES