The United States is still hoping for more cooperation and progress in Guyana’s fight against drug trafficking, while finding little change in the local response over the last year, according to the 2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report that was released on Wednesday.
The latest annual report to Congress by the US Department of State is almost virtually identical to the one released in the two preceding years, where it stated that it would welcome “increased levels of cooperation” with the Government of Guyana to advance mutual interests against the threat of drug trafficking. It also again restated that it was looking forward to “tangible progress” in investigations, prosecutions, extraditions, security sector enhancement, the engagement of at-risk communities, and enforcement of laws against money laundering and financial crimes.
The report noted that Guyana continues to be a transit point for cocaine destined for the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and West Africa, as traffickers are