Cape Verde
Military: Cape Verde
Military branches:
Armed Forces: Army (also called the National Guard, GN), Cape Verde Coast Guard (Guardia Costeira de Cabo Verde, GCCV; includes naval infantry) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18-35 years of age for male and female selective compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; 17 years of age for voluntary service (with parental consent) (2013)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 132,087
females age 16-49: 136,956 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 106,864
females age 16-49: 117,518 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 6,029
female: 6,026 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 164
Transnational Issues: Cape Verde
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
used as a transshipment point for Latin American cocaine destined for Western Europe, particularly because of Lusophone links to Brazil, Portugal, and Guinea-Bissau; has taken steps to deter drug money laundering, including a 2002 anti-money laundering reform that criminalizes laundering the proceeds of narcotics trafficking and other crimes and the establishment in 2008 of a Financial Intelligence Unit (2008)