GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on February 20, 2013

Disputes - international:
disputed maritime border between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 11,585 (Liberia); 16,000 (Cote d'Ivoire; flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2011)

Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; major transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and, to a lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US; widespread crime and money laundering problem, but the lack of a well developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money laundering center; significant domestic cocaine and cannabis use

NOTE: The information regarding Ghana on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ghana Transnational Issues 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ghana Transnational Issues 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.