Ecuador Transnational Issues 2009, CIA World Factbook




Ecuador Transnational Issues 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/ecuador/ecuador_issues.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Disputes - international:
organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia penetrate across Ecuador's shared border, which thousands of Colombians also cross to escape the violence in their home country

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 11,526 (Colombia); note - UNHCR estimates as many as 250,000 Columbians are seeking asylum in Ecuador, many of whom do not register as refugees for fear of deportation (2007)

Illicit drugs:
significant transit country for cocaine originating in Colombia and Peru, with much of the US-bound cocaine passing through Ecuadorian Pacific waters; importer of precursor chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; attractive location for cash-placement by drug traffickers laundering money because of dollarization and weak anti-money-laundering regime; increased activity on the northern frontier by trafficking groups and Colombian insurgents (2008)

NOTE: The information regarding Ecuador on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ecuador Transnational Issues 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ecuador Transnational Issues 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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