Latin America and the Caribbean
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Bolivia: statutes on record and in force
Bolivia, in Latin America and the Caribbean, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2020. It is currently under increased monitoring by the FATF. Its confirmed instrument on record is the Law On The Regime Applicable To Coca And Controlled Substances No. 1008 Of 19 July 1988 of 1988. The record is set out in the order the obligations arrive: treaty first, statute second, enforcement last.
International framework
Bolivia is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1990 and the most recent from 2020.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 20 Aug 1990 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 10 Oct 2005 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 5 Dec 2005 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 1 Sep 2020 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Bolivia: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
What follows is the legislation this dataset can point at. A translated title would be a different instrument, so titles are left as enacted.
Law On The Regime Applicable To Coca And Controlled Substances No. 1008 Of 19 July 1988 — A principal drug control instrument, carrying the 1988 Convention's trafficking and confiscation obligations into domestic law. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
2 bodies are named in the record for Bolivia, each confirmed on Bolivia's own government domain. Reading this alongside the treaty position is the point: the conventions say what must be criminalised, and these are the institutions through which that reaches a consignment or a suspect.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Aduana Nacional | customs and border control | aduana.gob.bo |
| Dirección General de Migracion | named in the legislation | migracion.gob.bo |
Ratification sequence
The order matters as much as the count. Bolivia came to these instruments over 30 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1990 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2020. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the 1988 Convention at 2 years, the longest the Firearms Protocol at 19.
Bolivia became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1990, 2 years after it was adopted — faster than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
The gaps between those dates are the part worth reading. For the 15 years between 1990 and 2005, Bolivia was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC, the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. For the 15 years between 2005 and 2020, Bolivia was bound by the 1988 Convention, the UNTOC and the UNCAC but not yet by the Firearms Protocol. A case opened in one of those years would have had a narrower framework available to it than the same case opened now.
On coverage, Bolivia is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. Within Latin America and the Caribbean the dataset holds 33 jurisdictions, of which 3 are currently under FATF increased monitoring.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Bolivia is recorded as Increased monitoring . What that status means, and how it differs from the call-for-action list, is set out on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Bolivia
Which drug-control conventions has Bolivia ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 20 Aug 1990, the UNTOC on 10 Oct 2005, the UNCAC on 5 Dec 2005, the Firearms Protocol on 1 Sep 2020.
Is Bolivia on the FATF grey list?
Yes. Bolivia is under increased monitoring as of the FATF plenary statement of 19 June 2026. That means the FATF has identified strategic deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing regime and the jurisdiction has committed to an action plan with review deadlines.
What national drug legislation is on record for Bolivia?
Law On The Regime Applicable To Coca And Controlled Substances No. 1008 Of 19 July 1988, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Bolivia that is the UNODC legal library. The citation is to the issuing register rather than to any account of it, so the text can be read as enacted.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Bolivia, 1 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Bolivia's earliest of these commitments dates from 1990, its most recent from 2020; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Law On The Regime Applicable To Coca And Controlled Substances No. 1008 Of 19 July 1988: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.