The Agreement Concerning Co-operation in Suppressing Illicit Maritime and Air Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the Caribbean Area, known in short form as the Caribbean Regional Maritime Agreement or Caribbean Regional Agreement (CRA), is a 2003 agreement regarding the suppression of the
illegal drug trade
The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs throug ...
in the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
.
The CRA agreement has not been ratified by the required minimum five states (2007) although most Caribbean states have accepted the agreement in principle.
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External links
* Maritime and air counter narcotics agreement in Caribbean; AGREEMENT CONCERNING CO-OPERATION IN SUPPRESSING ILLICIT MARITIME AND AIR TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES IN THE CARIBBEAN ARE
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report released by the
United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State's
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Drug policy
Politics of the Caribbean
Law enforcement in the Caribbean
United States–Caribbean relations