Title 3--The President heroin seized in all of Asia. Seizures of methamphetamine and other am- phetamine-type stimulants soared, while those of precursor chemicals and opium remained at previous years' levels. China cooperated with the United States and other countries in providing pre-export notification of dual-use precursor chemicals. Government officials estimate that more than ten percent of China's 1.3 billion citizens viewed a nationwide anti-drug exhibition. DEA opened an office in Beijing. China continues to cooperate actively on operational issues with U.S. drug-enforcement officials. Domes- tically, China began a "Drug Free Communities" program to eliminate drug trafficking and abuse as well as drug-related crime. During 1999, China cooperated with the UNDCP and regional states on a number of projects to reduce demand for illicit drugs. China also sup- ported effective crop-substitution programs in Burma and Laos. The United States and the PRC signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement that will enhance communications and accelerate the flow of counter-drug-related intelligence. China is a party to the \177988 UN Drug Convention as well as to the \17796\177 UN Single Convention and its \177972 Pro- tocol, and the 197\177 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. U.S.-PRC cooperative law enforcement has advanced over the last two years, but China frequently does not respond to USG requests for informa- tion, and when it does, the responses often arrive too late to be of oper- ational value. China has also failed to enforce vigorously and to strengthen anti-money-laundering legislation. For a number of reasons, China has also continued its non-engagement in the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laun- dering and did not pursue membership in the Financial Crimes Task Force. Despite those shortcomings, the PRC has acted forcefully to stop the pro- duction, trafficking in, and use of illicit drugs within its borders and within the region, and is committed to achieving the goals and objectives of the \177988 UN Drug Convention. Peru In \177999, the Government of Peru (GOP) made excellent progress in achieving its goal of eliminating illegal coca cultivation. Despite the reha- bilitation of some previously abandoned coca fields, an additional 24 per- cent of coca cultivation was eliminated in \177999, for an overall reduction of 66 percent over the last four years. Contributing to this reduction was a 1999 manual coca cultivation eradication total of \1775,000 hectares. The GOP counter-drug alternative development program, working through \17703 local governments, almost 700 communities, and more than \1775,000 farmers, significantly strengthened social and economic infrastructure in these areas and helped shift the economic balance in favor of licit activities. In January 2000, the GOP held a conference in Paris to promote alternative develop- ment support among major donor countries. However, there is also increasing evidence that traffickers are processing cocaine hydrochloride within Peru's borders, setting up laboratories near the borders with Brazil, Colombia, and/or Bolivia, so that they can leave the country quickly without risk of interception. There were no intercep- tions or forcedowns of trafficker aircraft by the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) airbridge denial program in \177999--a tribute to the strong deterrent effect this program has had on the aerial transport of drugs. Recent seizures pro- vide evidence that drug traffickers are using maritime shipment of cocaine 38O
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