Table SZR-9 part (i). Number of ecstasy seizures, 1994 to 2003

Country

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Belgium

(1)

872

1002

 

 

2672

1100

2504

2450

 

3702

Czech Republic

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37

31

Denmark

 

13

9

84

110

143

197

444

331

340

322

Germany

 

 

 

2518

2368

1986

2883

4681

4290

3417

2571

Estonia

 

 

1

18

16

16

32

42

130

126

184

Greece

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

243

188

Spain

(4)

807

1630

2242

1999

1375

1995

3750

11947

9180

4694

France

 

358

587

644

628

608

649

1409

1589

1782

1864

Ireland

 

262

571

405

347

466

1064

1864

1485

1027

 

Italy

 

718

948

1157

848

730

 

 

 

 

 

Cyprus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latvia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

60

80

37

Lithuania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

13

9

72

Luxembourg

 

8

25

26

12

22

10

15

16

26

8

Hungary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

304

362

Netherlands

(6)

 

 

 

310

124

154

125

 

 

 

Malta

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

Austria

 

51

153

254

253

135

215

330

352

308

276

Poland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Portugal

 

 

5

20

37

35

76

80

166

195

156

Slovenia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

127

148

119

68

Slovakia

 

 

 

 

1

5

3

25

22

39

24

Finland

 

 

 

52

74

57

159

393

465

329

316

Sweden

 

31

26

163

203

104

160

508

595

621

485

United Kingdom

 

3574

5513

6216

5098

4850

6637

9790

10410

8300

 

Bulgaria

(7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

11

Romania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norway

 

39

160

192

242

178

502

 

837

714

414

Total

 

6694

10470

13799

12304

13328

15334

26118

34491

26488

 

Notes:

(1) Includes both seizures of ecstasy and amphetamines in 1998 and in 2003. 

(2) In 2002 the total number of ecstasy seizures includes 36 seizures of ecstasy tablets and 1 seizure of ecstasy powder. Accurate data are not available before 2002 due to double counting of seizures by police and customs reports. 

(3) In 2003, seizures of ecstasy tablets include seizures of amphetamine tablets as well.

(4) Number of ecstasy seizures is over-estimated until 1994 inclusive, since number of seizures of LSD and other hallucinogenics are included too.

(5) Data refer to police seizures only.       

(6) 269 seizures of MDMA and 41 of MDEA in 1997. In 2000 the Netherlands data include seizures of both ecstasy and amphetamines. 

(7) Data in 2002 refer to only one law enforcement agency: National Agency for Combat the Organized Crime (NACOC).        

Source: 

Reitox national focal points

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