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    Cuba Transnational Issues - 2007
    http://www.allcountries.org/wfb2007/cuba/cuba_issues.html
    SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Disputes - international:
      US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease

      Trafficking in persons:
      current situation: Cuba is a source country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced child labor; Cuba is a major destination for sex tourism, which largely caters to European, Canadian, and Latin American tourists and involves large numbers of minors; there are reports that Cuban women have been trafficked to Mexico for sexual exploitation; forced labor victims also include children coerced into working in commercial agriculture
      tier rating: Tier 3 - Cuba does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so

      Illicit drugs:
      territorial waters and air space serve as transshipment zone for US and European-bound drugs; established the death penalty for certain drug-related crimes in 1999


      NOTE: The information regarding Cuba on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cuba Transnational Issues 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cuba Transnational Issues 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.

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