Haitian migrants cross the porous border into the Dominican Republic Republic to find work; illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic Republic cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find better work
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the Dominican Republic Republic for illicit financial transactions; significant amphetamine consumption
