Belgium Transnational Issues 2018, CIA World Factbook

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Belgium Transnational Issues 2018

SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 28, 2018

Disputes - international:
none

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 9,080 (Syria) (2016)
stateless persons: 2,630 (2016)

Illicit drugs:
growing producer of synthetic drugs and cannabis; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe; despite a strengthening of legislation, the country remains vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics, automobiles, alcohol, and tobacco; significant domestic consumption of ecstasy

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Belgium Transnational Issues 2018 SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES