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Money laundering in the Dominican Republic totaled $1.6 Billion in 2010, or 2 percent of the country’s GDP. Black market activities such as corruption, tax evasion and other financial crimes was the cause of the laundered money.
1.1 percent of the population between the age of 12-65 in the Dominican Republic has tried cocaine within the previous year. 0.4 percent of the population has tried crack cocaine. Worldwide, the rate of cocaine usage is between 0.3 and 0.4 percent.
Up to 9 percent of the cocaine entering the United States is believed to be trafficked through Haiti and the Dominican Republic.