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Illicit drugsactive transshipment point for Southwest Asian opiates, hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and - to a lesser extent - cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe; significant source country for cannabis production; ethnic Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active and expanding in Europe; vulnerable to money laundering associated with regional trafficking in narcotics, arms, contraband, and illegal aliens
Refugees and internally displaced personsstateless persons: 1,031 (2020)

note: 11,827 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2021)

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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