Aruba History
Netherlands (05/05)
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G) The Caribbean
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The Caribbean
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The Caribbean
Cooperation between the JCF, JDF and CET resulted in several large seizures of drugs, including multi-ton shipments of cannabis in containers at the ports. Cocaine seizures, however, were lower than in 2001 and 2002. In April, the JCF located a clandestine laboratory, seizing approximately 44 kilograms of cocaine along with chemicals used in its production, the first such discovery by Jamaican law enforcement. The JCF also made the largest hashish oil seizure in Jamaica’s history, seizing a record 1.620 metric tons secreted in a concrete bunker. In 2003, the GOJ seized 1.586 metric tons of cocaine, 36.6 metric tons of cannabis and 1.897 metric tons of hashish oil. The GOJ eradicated 444.6 hectares of cannabis, far short of the eradication goal of 1,200 hectares agreed to in the Letter of Agreement between Jamaica and the U.S. under which the U.S. is providing counternarcotics assistance to Jamaica. Nonetheless, the JCF Narcotics Division destroyed 3.7 million ca ... [Read More]
G) The Caribbean
Law Enforcement Efforts. In June 2002, Dominican military and law enforcement agencies participated in a two-week counternarcotics exercise, “Sorpresa Nocturna II.” The exercise focused on cooperation with military and law enforcement agencies of the United States and the Haitian police. “Sorpresa Nocturna II,” which involved DOD, DEA, USCG, and USCS, was the largest operation of its kind in the Dominican Republic’s law enforcement history. The exercise tested the DR’s joint command and control abilities as well as its military’s capacity to assist the DNCD in true joint fashion. The Dominican military took important steps to bolster its future counternarcotics capability through significant equipment procurement. Its acquisitions included renovation of six aging patrol craft, construction of two new 110-foot coastal patrol ships under commercial contract with a U.S. company, and fourteen helicopters, including six designed for operations over water, all scheduled to arrive in F ... [Read More]
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Netherlands Antilles (10/04)
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Emmanuel, Isaac S. and Suzanne A. History of the Jews of the Netherlands Antilles, Vol. I and II. ... _________ Curacao, A Short History. De Wit: Aruba,1979. ... [Read More]
Aruba (10/04)
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