Africa
Source tier B. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Comoros: statutes on record and in force
Comoros, in Africa, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2021. It is not named in either FATF list. Where a field could not be sourced it is reported as unsourced rather than left to be inferred.
International framework
Comoros is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 2000 and the most recent from 2021.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 1 Mar 2000 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 25 Sep 2003 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 11 Oct 2012 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 4 Jun 2021 | 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 Comoros: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
The legislation field for Comoros is empty because no citable national instrument has been confirmed for it yet, not because none exists. Its convention dates and listing status above are verified; this line is not, and an unverified statute name is worse than a blank one.
Enforcement authorities
2 bodies are named in the record for Comoros, each confirmed on Comoros'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Douane Comorienne | customs and border control | douane.gov.km |
| Ministère de la Justice | policy and oversight | justice.gouv.km |
Ratification sequence
Which instrument came first says something the total does not. Comoros came to these instruments over 21 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 2000 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2021. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNTOC at 3 years, the longest the Firearms Protocol at 20.
Comoros became a party to the 1988 Convention in 2000, 12 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 2003 and 2012, Comoros was bound by the 1988 Convention and the UNTOC but not yet by the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. For the 9 years between 2012 and 2021, Comoros was bound by the 1988 Convention, the UNTOC and the UNCAC but not yet by the Firearms Protocol. The practical effect is on what could be charged, and on what could be confiscated, in the years before the later instruments arrived.
On coverage, Comoros is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. The Africa cohort runs to 53 records, 6 of them currently listed for increased monitoring.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Comoros is recorded as Not listed . Nothing here is a finding about Comoros's financial controls; it records only that neither statement names it. What each status entails is set out on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Comoros
Which drug-control conventions has Comoros ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 1 Mar 2000, the UNTOC on 25 Sep 2003, the UNCAC on 11 Oct 2012, the Firearms Protocol on 4 Jun 2021.
Is Comoros on the FATF grey list?
No. Comoros 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 Comoros?
None confirmed yet — the gap is in the verification queue, not in Comoros's statute book.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
None yet, which is why no instrument is named. The registers searched for Comoros were the UNODC legal library, which files legislation by jurisdiction, and the national government and parliamentary hosts reachable under its own country-code domain. Neither produced a document that identifies an instrument, so this record cites none.
What is source tier B, and why is this record in it?
Tier B means the treaty record is confirmed at the depositary but no national instrument has been confirmed against a citable register. It is a statement about this dataset's sourcing, not about Comoros's statute book, which may well contain instruments that are simply not published where they can be cited from.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Comoros's earliest of these commitments dates from 2000, its most recent from 2021; 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.