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Corruption Blocks Central
America Drug Fight
According to a report by the UN
Office of Drug Control, in
Central America and the
Caribbean, neither main drug
producers nor consumers,
institutional weakness and
corruption hinder successfully
fighting drugs.
Organized crime uses practically
every country in the area as a
passageway for illegal drugs
made in South America destined
for the great consuming markets
of the United States, Canada and
the European Union.
The UNODC particularly addressed
the work of Cuba, which
government "has intensified its
fight against narco-traffic
through a greater air, maritime
and radio-technical
reconnaissance, as well as the
number of border guards."
The document noted also that El
Salvador confiscated three times
the amount of drugs between 2000
and 2005 as in the prior
five-year period.
It also cited Guatemala, where
several police chiefs were
arrested at the end of 2005 for
exporting cocaine to the US.
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