The GOG and the USG have an extradition treaty from 1932, and an agreement to exchange information on narcotics trafficking from 1928. Additionally, some cannabis seed is exported to Albania. Hashish is off-loaded in remote areas of the country and transported to Western Europe by boat or overland. The trucks usually enter Greece via the land crossings between Greece and Turkey, then across by ferry to Italy. Nigerian drug organizations smuggle heroin and cocaine through the Athens airport and increasingly through Greece's Aegean islands from Turkey.
Greek authorities report increasing cocaine shipments from Colombia to Greece.
The Greek Ministry of Health's demand reduction agency, Okana, coordinates all demand reduction efforts. It develops and administers information and prevention programs, supports therapeutic communities for substance abusers, and coordinates with other agencies working on narcotics treatment and prevention. US Policy Initiatives and Programs DEA hosts monthly coordination meetings attended by representatives from the Greek Coast Guard, the National Police and Customs, Interpol, and narcotics coordinators from foreign embassies. In 1996 the USG provided Greek counternarcotics authorities a small river boat to patrol rivers frequently used by smugglers carrying heroin from Turkey. The Road Ahead.