Disputes – international

Madagascar claims the French territories of Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; France asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); France and Vanuatu claim Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia.

Illicit Drugs

Metropolitan France: transshipment point for South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics.

French Guiana: small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe.

Martinique: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe.