1.   A British plane also landed in Split, Croatia, an important transit point for deployment in neighboring Bosnia.

2.   Georgia is an important potential transit route for energy exports bypassing Russia through pipelines from the Caspian to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

3.   Sea and airports in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore serve as important transit points for heroin.

4.   Thailand serves as an important transit point for drugs from the Golden Triangle on their way to Europe and the United States.

5.   Taiwan on Thursday refuted US charges that the island had become an important transit center for illegal drugs en route to the United States despite increased enforcement efforts.