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Economic Indicator: Disputes, Refugees, Human Trafficking and Illicit Drug Production
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: East Caribbean Dollar
Currency Symbol: CXD
Disputes - international: Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf claims over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea
Refugees and internally displaced persons: -
Trafficking in persons: -
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor cannabis producer (2008)