France Transnational Issues - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/france/france_issues.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Disputes - international:
Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; France asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); France and Vanuatu claim Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics

NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France Transnational Issues 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France Transnational Issues 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.