drug trafficking

Congressional report omits Cuba in drug trafficking

August 17, 2011

The U.S. Congressional Research Service’s 41-page report, “Latin America and the Caribbean: Illicit Drug Trafficking and U.S. Counterdrug Programs,” was released in mid-May of this year. Glaringly omitted from this report is the Cuban government’s complicity in drug trafficking. Cuban intelligence assists traffickers with drug routes. Per the report: Drug trafficking is viewed as a primary threat [...]

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Combating drug trafficking

June 28, 2010

The governments of Cuba and Syria sign an agreement to combat illicit drug trafficking. [EFE]

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Corruption and drug trafficking in Cuban prison

December 6, 2009

At least a dozen guards from the Canaleta maximum security prison (which houses some of Cuba’s most notable political prisoners) in the province of Ciego de Avila remain under arrest since early November under the accusation of corruption and drug trafficking in connection to prisoners.

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Among DoD’s priority countries

February 28, 2009

The Joint Forces Quarterly 2nd Quarter 2009 issue is now available and focuses on a strategic global outlook thematic. The journal is published by the National Defense University Press for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is the Chairman’s flagship joint military and security studies journal. One of the articles in this [...]

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