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Table SZR-1. Number of cannabis resin seizures, 1995 to 2005

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium		7570			4573	3350	5475	15908	461	4116	6378	4492
Bulgaria	(8)				1	0	8	12	10	10	8	4
Czech Republic	(1)								93	96	149	116
Denmark								5788	5234	5942	7313	10287
Germany	(2)			15785	17166	17694	18466	16541	13953	10267	12648	13030
Estonia								25	35	90	120	162
Ireland		3031	3233	3753	4264	4322	4401	5960	2746	3366	2610	3142
Greece									321	280	228	300
Spain						52148			81067	83877	110168	123883
France	(3)	5216		29146	34709	39214	44060	39976			63701	62396
Italy											8356
Cyprus											39	40
Latvia											20	40
Lithuania								5	10	10	23	24
Luxembourg			178	57	44	115	89	106	78	84	83	134
Hungary									21	76	59	86
Malta	(4)						83	10		60	102	136
Austria						2563	2464	2328	1855	1473	1861	2053
Poland	(9)							17	37	43	82
Portugal	(5)	746	1106	1463	1917	2538	2457	2284	1970	2276	2439	2695
Romania											101
Slovenia	(6)							56	52		122	118
Slovakia	(7)						25	28	30	23	29	29
Finland						2259	2482	4011	3171	2796	2626	2408
Sweden		3311	3017	3557	4033	4834	4667	5516	6490	6526	6686	6829
United Kingdom		64295	64169	79601	84983	73764	65400	63920	62796	60029	52084
Turkey								99	907	522	307	814
Norway								10089	10004	9476	9163	9223
Total		84169	71703	133362	151690	202801	150077	172679	191341	191438	287505

Notes:

Data were not available for the unlisted EU Member States.

(1) Accurate data are not available before 2002 due to double counting of seizures by police and customs reports.

(2) In 1995: the number of seizures based on offences; since 1996: the numbers of seizures based on police register.

(3) In 2002 and 2003 seizures of cannabis products cannot be broken down by substance; 57794 seizures of all cannabis products were made in 2002, and 67443 in 2003.

(4) Data include number of seizures of herbal cannabis, cannabis resin, cannabis plants and cannabis seeds.

(5) The value for 1995 includes cannabis seeds.

(6) In 2003 seizures of resin and herbal cannabis could not be broken down by product; 3421 seizures of both products were made in 2003.

(7) Data are not available before 2000.

(8) Data refer to seizures made by the Customs and the National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NACOC), separately or in combination with other units within the Ministry of Interior.

(9) Up until 2003 the number of large seizures only is reported; from 2004 all seizures are reported.

Sources:

Reitox national focal points.

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