Africa
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Guinea: statutes on record and in force
Guinea, in Africa, is party to 3 of the four instruments tracked here but not to the Firearms Protocol. It appears on neither FATF list. Its confirmed instrument on record is the Decree-Law No. 3/1993 Of 15 of 1993. The dates below are the depositary's; the instruments, where any are named, are the register's.
International framework
Guinea is bound by 3 of the four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1990 and the most recent from 2013. The exception is the Firearms Protocol, and that exception has consequences: there is no treaty obligation to mark or trace weapons, so a firearm recovered at a crime scene may have no route back to its point of diversion — the single most common reason a trafficking chain cannot be reconstructed.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 27 Dec 1990 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 9 Nov 2004 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 29 May 2013 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | not a party | 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 Guinea: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
The following instruments have been confirmed against a citable national source. Titles are given as enacted and are not translated.
Decree-Law No. 3/1993 Of 15 (No. 3/1993) — A subordinate instrument, made under the authority of a parent act rather than standing alone — typically the schedules, thresholds and licensing detail. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
One body is named in the record for Guinea, each confirmed on Guinea's own government domain. A named body is not the same as an operative one, but it establishes where the mandate sits — and a mandate no institution holds is the gap that treaty coverage cannot close.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Direction Générale des Douanes | customs and border control | dgd.gov.gn |
Ratification sequence
The dates below are worth reading as a sequence rather than as a set. Guinea came to these instruments over 23 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1990 and ending with the UNCAC in 2013. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the 1988 Convention at 2 years, the longest the UNCAC at 10.
Guinea 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.
What sat in the gaps between them is the less obvious half of the record. For the 14 years between 1990 and 2004, Guinea was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC or the UNCAC. For the 9 years between 2004 and 2013, Guinea was bound by the 1988 Convention and the UNTOC but not yet by the UNCAC. Nothing in the later instruments reaches back into that window, which is why a complete position today says little about a case from then.
On coverage, Guinea is one of 22 jurisdiction s here party to 3 of the four, against 81 party to all four. Within Africa the dataset holds 53 jurisdictions, of which 6 are currently under FATF increased monitoring.
What is not in force
One of the four instruments does not bind Guinea, and the gap has specific consequences rather than symbolic ones.
Firearms Protocol — adopted 2001, and Guinea is not a party. In practice, there is no treaty obligation to mark or trace weapons, so a firearm recovered at a crime scene may have no route back to its point of diversion — the single most common reason a trafficking chain cannot be reconstructed.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Guinea sits on the west african corridor, one of the six corridors profiled here. The record above is what a consignment moving along it encounters here.
The West African corridor — 12 jurisdictions, carrying cocaine. The legs either side of Guinea in the reporting are Guinea Bissau and Senegal. 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. Guinea carries one of those gaps. The route page sets out every leg.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Guinea is recorded as Not listed . The two statements are issued together and read together, because a jurisdiction named in the second is not on the first. What each status entails is set out on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Guinea
Which drug-control conventions has Guinea ratified?
3 of the four instruments tracked here — the 1988 Convention (27 Dec 1990), the UNTOC (9 Nov 2004), the UNCAC (29 May 2013). It is not a party to the Firearms Protocol.
Is Guinea on the FATF grey list?
No. Guinea 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 Guinea?
Decree-Law No. 3/1993 Of 15 (No. 3/1993), confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Guinea that is the UNODC legal library. Each link resolves to the register's own copy, not to a summary of it.
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 Guinea, 1 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
What does it mean that Guinea is not a party to the Firearms Protocol?
In practice, there is no treaty obligation to mark or trace weapons, so a firearm recovered at a crime scene may have no route back to its point of diversion — the single most common reason a trafficking chain cannot be reconstructed.
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.
- Decree-Law No. 3/1993 Of 15: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.