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Benin Transnational Issues Profile 2013

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Disputes - internationaltalks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River; Benin retains a border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of Koualou; location of Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint is unresolved
Illicit drugstransshipment point used by traffickers for cocaine destined for Western Europe; vulnerable to money laundering due to poorly enforced financial regulations (2008)
Refugees and internally displaced personsrefugees (country of origin): 5,883 (Togo) (2011)

Source: CIA World Factbook
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