Africa
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Cabo Verde: statutes on record and in force
Cabo Verde, in Africa, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2008. It appears on neither FATF list. Its confirmed instrument on record is the Law 78/Iv/93 Dated 12 July 1993 of 1993. Nothing below is asserted without the document it came from being named alongside it.
International framework
Cabo Verde is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1995 and the most recent from 2008.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 8 May 1995 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 15 Jul 2004 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 23 Apr 2008 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 15 Jul 2004 | 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 Cabo Verde: 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 78/Iv/93 Dated 12 July 1993 — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
2 bodies are named in the record for Cabo Verde, each confirmed on Cabo Verde's own government domain. The division of mandate is what decides where a case can actually be taken: interception, investigation and prosecution are three different powers, rarely held by one body.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Polícia Judiciária de Cabo Verde | criminal investigation | justica.gov.cv |
| Direção Geral das Alfândegas | customs and border control | mf.gov.cv |
Ratification sequence
The order matters as much as the count. Cabo Verde came to these instruments over 13 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1995 and ending with the UNCAC in 2008. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the Firearms Protocol at 3 years, the longest the 1988 Convention at 7.
Cabo Verde became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1995, 7 years after it was adopted — slower than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
A complete treaty position assembled over decades is not the same as one assembled at once. For the 9 years between 1995 and 2004, Cabo Verde was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC, the Firearms Protocol or the UNCAC. For the 4 years between 2004 and 2008, Cabo Verde was bound by the 1988 Convention, the UNTOC and the Firearms Protocol but not yet by the UNCAC. 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, Cabo Verde is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. Africa accounts for 53 of the records here; 6 of them carry a current monitoring listing.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Cabo Verde sits on the west african corridor, one of the six corridors profiled here. How this leg compares with the others is the question the figures below answer.
The West African corridor — 12 jurisdictions, carrying cocaine. The legs either side of Cabo Verde in the reporting are Gambia and Sierra Leone. Across the corridor as a whole, 9 of the 12 legs are party to all four instruments, 3 sit outside the Firearms Protocol, 1 carry no confirmed national instrument , and 1 is under increased monitoring. Cabo Verde clears all three of those checks. The profile for this corridor compares all of its legs on the same three checks.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Cabo Verde is recorded as Not listed . A jurisdiction can enter or leave either list at any plenary, so this line is dated rather than settled. The mechanics of listing and delisting are on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Cabo Verde
Which drug-control conventions has Cabo Verde ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 8 May 1995, the UNTOC on 15 Jul 2004, the UNCAC on 23 Apr 2008, the Firearms Protocol on 15 Jul 2004.
Is Cabo Verde on the FATF grey list?
No. Cabo Verde appears on neither the increased-monitoring list nor the call-for-action list in the FATF statements of 19 June 2026.
What national drug legislation is on record for Cabo Verde?
Law 78/Iv/93 Dated 12 July 1993, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Cabo Verde that is the UNODC legal library. The entry links straight to the document, so the wording can be checked rather than taken on trust.
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 Cabo Verde, 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. Cabo Verde's earliest of these commitments dates from 1995, its most recent from 2008; 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 78/Iv/93 Dated 12 July 1993: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.