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Illicit drugs Panama, in 33 editions.
The entry for Panama published Illicit drugs in 33 editions of 36, from 1993 to 2025. The text changed in 13 editions. Each is shown as published. Illicit drugs in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 13
- the first edition with it
- 1993
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Illicit drugs” (1993 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Rewritten since 2024The same text in 1993 and 1994.
major cocaine transshipment point and drug money laundering center
major cocaine transshipment point and drug money laundering center
major cocaine transshipment point and drug money laundering center
major cocaine transshipment point and drug money
laundering center
- major cocaine transshipment point and major drug money laundering center;
- minor producer of coca leaf;
- active eradication program
major cocaine transshipment point and major drug money
money laundering center center; minor producer of coca leaf; active
eradication program
- major cocaine transshipment point and major drug money-laundering center;
- minor producer of coca leaf;
- active eradication program PAPUA NEW GUINEA
major cocaine transshipment point and major drugmoney laundering money-laundering center; minor producer of coca leaf; active
eradication program
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- major cocaine transshipment point and major drug money-laundering center;
- no recent signs of coca cultivation;
- monitoring of financial transactions is improving PAPUA NEW GUINEA
major cocaine transshipment point and major drug
money-laundering center; minor producer no recent signs of coca leaf; active cultivation;eradication program monitoring of financial transactions is improving
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- major cocaine transshipment point and major drug-money-laundering center;
- no recent signs of coca cultivation;
- monitoring of financial transactions is improving
major cocaine transshipment point and major drugmoney-laundering drug-money-laundering center; no recent signs of coca cultivation;
monitoring of financial transactions is improving
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- major cocaine transshipment point and major drug-money-laundering center;
- no recent signs of coca cultivation;
- monitoring of financial transactions is improving, yet Panama has failed to prosecute anyone for money laundering - official corruption remains a major problem [Country Listing] [ The World Factbook Home]
major cocaine transshipment point and majorimproving improving, yet Panama has failed to prosecute anyone for money laundering - official corruption remains a major problem [Country Listing] [ The World Factbook Home]
- major cocaine transshipment point and major drug money-laundering center;
- no recent signs of coca cultivation;
- monitoring of financial transactions is improving;
- official corruption remains a major problem;
- Panama was cited by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international organization that includes the US Government, for its lack of cooperation in the fight against international money laundering
major cocaine transshipment point and major drug-money-laundering drug money-laundering center; no recent signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving, yet Panama has failed to prosecute anyone for money laundering - improving; official corruption remains a major problem [Country Listing] [ The World Factbook Home] problem; Panama was cited by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international organization that includes the US Government, for its lack of cooperation in the fight against international money laundering
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- major cocaine transshipment point and primary money laundering center for narcotics revenue;
- money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone;
- offshore financial center;
- negligible signs of coca cultivation;
- monitoring of financial transactions is improving;
- official corruption remains a major problem
major cocaine transshipment point and major drug primary money laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; no recent negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a major problem; Panama was cited by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international organization that includes the US Government, for its lack of cooperation in the fight against international money laundering problem
The same text in 17 editions, 2004 to 2020.
- major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue;
- money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone;
- offshore financial center;
- negligible signs of coca cultivation;
- monitoring of financial transactions is improving;
- official corruption remains a major problem
major cocaine transshipment point and primary money laundering money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a major problem
- a prime sea and land passage for drugs, primarily cocaine from Colombia, from South America to North America and Europe;
- traffickers ship drugs in containers passing through the Panama Canal each year North America and Europe
Rewritten: too little of the 2020 text remains to mark the changes.
a prime sea and land passage for drugs, primarily cocaine from Colombia, from South America to North America and Europe; traffickers ship drugs in containers passing through the Panama Canal each year North America and Europe
- a prime sea and land passage for drugs, primarily cocaine from Colombia, from South America to North America and Europe;
- traffickers ship drugs in containers passing through the Panama Canal to North America and Europe
a prime sea and land passage for drugs, primarily cocaine from Colombia, from South America to North America and Europe; traffickers ship drugs in containers passing through the Panama Canal each year to North America and Europe
The same text in 2023 and 2024.
- not a major consumer or producer of illicit drugs;
- a prime sea and land passage for drugs, primarily cocaine, from South America to North America and Europe;
- drug traffickers also use millions of shipping containers to smuggle drugs to North America and Europe through the Panama
not a major consumer or producer of illicit drugs; a prime sea and land passage for drugs, primarily cocaine from Colombia, cocaine, from South America to North America and Europe; drug traffickers ship drugs in also use millions of shipping containers passing through the Panama Canal to smuggle drugs to North America and Europe through the Panama
- USG identification:
- major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)
Rewritten: too little of the 2024 text remains to mark the changes.
USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Panama: Illicit drugs.” The World Factbook, 1993–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/panama/illicit-drugs.