News Americas, New York, NY, September 17, 2024: Several Caribbean countries, including the Bahamas, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, have been designated by US President Joe Biden as Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producer Countries for fiscal year 2025. This designation is described in a memorandum issued by the President to the US State Department on September 15.
The memorandum notes that these countries play an important role as direct sources of precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of drugs that have a significant impact on the United States.
Other nations included in this list are Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
President Biden clarified that the presence of a country on this list does not necessarily reflect the efforts of his government or the level of cooperation with the US in the fight against drug trafficking. Instead, involvement stems from geographic, commercial, and economic factors that allow the transit or production of drugs, even where governments have implemented strong narcotics control and law enforcement measures.
Additionally, Biden named Bolivia, Burma and Venezuela as countries that have notably failed in the past 12 months to meet their obligations under international anti-narcotics agreements.
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