Cooperation Program between
Latin America, the Caribbean and
the European Union on drug policy

The Bahamas

We support The Bahamas in the implementation of its National Anti-Drug Plan. This accompaniment has focused on the territorialisation component of demand reduction policies through the community treatment approach.

How do we support the country?

Drug demand reduction
  • 1 pilot territorialisation initiative on the islands of Abaco and in the community of Fox Hill to strengthen attention, in alliance with local governments and civil society, to the Haitian migrant population, particularly vulnerable to drug use, micro-trafficking and human trafficking. 
Drug demand reduction
  • 1 social innovation laboratory aimed at prevention and harm reduction to improve the response to drug use and prevention in minors under the care of the State.
  • 2 study visits to learn about models of care for problematic drug use in community treatment facilities in Uruguay and Colombia. The visits have served to design a pilot project in Valparaíso aimed at creating a community work department in the territory that can be articulated with existing prevention and treatment programmes.
Fight against drug trafficking and organised crime
  • 1 study to improve the registration of final beneficiaries of money laundering, which are being hidden through legal or financial structures to give the appearance of legitimacy to these assets.
  • Updating the Financial Investigations Guide, including the systematisation of good practices for information exchange, since in many cases the financial networks of drug trafficking are not limited to one country.

How do we support the country?

Drug demand reduction
  • 1 pilot territorialisation initiative on the islands of Abaco and in the community of Fox Hill to strengthen attention, in alliance with local governments and civil society, to the Haitian migrant population, particularly vulnerable to drug use, micro-trafficking and human trafficking. 
Drug demand reduction
  • 1 social innovation laboratory aimed at prevention and harm reduction to improve the response to drug use and prevention in minors under the care of the State.
  • 2 study visits to learn about models of care for problematic drug use in community treatment facilities in Uruguay and Colombia. The visits have served to design a pilot project in Valparaíso aimed at creating a community work department in the territory that can be articulated with existing prevention and treatment programmes.
Fight against drug trafficking and organised crime
  • 1 study to improve the registration of final beneficiaries of money laundering, which are being hidden through legal or financial structures to give the appearance of legitimacy to these assets.
  • Updating the Financial Investigations Guide, including the systematisation of good practices for information exchange, since in many cases the financial networks of drug trafficking are not limited to one country.

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