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Table SZR-8. Quantities (kg) of heroin seized 1995 to 2005

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium		149	133	65	76	74	185		48	51	142	270
Bulgaria	(4)						206	1545	1060	831	832	437
Czech Republic	(1)								34	9	36	36
Denmark		37	61	38	55	96	32	25	63	16	38	27
Germany		933	898	722	686	796	796	836	520	626	775	787
Estonia				0	1	1	0.4	1	4	0.1	0.2	0.4
Ireland		6	11	8	38	17	24	30	17	27	26.5	32.3
Greece	(2)	173	190	146	185	97	660	330	324	247	315	331
Spain		546	537	479	418	1159	484	631	275	242	271	174
France		499	617	415	344	203	444	351	476	545	558	749
Italy		954	1270	477	715	1310	1012	2058	2593	2592	2557	1374
Cyprus						2	5	2	0.3	2	3	0.9
Latvia		0.9	0	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	6	0.6	0.5	0.04
Lithuania						0.9	1	3	3	0.8	3	2
Luxembourg		13	3	3	4	2	3	1	3	4	6	4
Hungary							670	154	160	256	90	238
Malta								3	1	6	0.8	15
Netherlands	(5)	351	516	999	784	770	896	739	1122	417	ca 1200	900
Austria		47	81	102	118	78	230	288	60	43	235	282
Poland	(6)						217	389	299	7	255	41
Portugal	(3)	66	47	57	97	76	568	316	96	72	99	182
Romania							53	33	20	321	65	285
Slovenia							393	89	69	89	144	134
Slovakia			11	90	14	6	99	16	15	7	2	4
Finland		16	6	2	2	3	6	8	3	2	0.2	52
Sweden		31	26	12	71	64	30	32	59	13	34	19
United Kingdom		1395	1070	2235	1348	2346	3387	3929	2732	2735	2262
Turkey								3710	2657	4705	8847	8173
Norway		49	74	56	38	46	52	68	59	52	129	36
Total		5266	5551	5906	4994	7148	10454	15588	12778	13919	18926

Notes:

A fuller historical series, back to 1985 for reporting countries, is available in the Supplementary tables section of this statistical bulletin.

Numbers are rounded to the nearest kg except for quantities less than 1 kg where more precise information is provided when available.

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

(2) All seizures are included (police, coastguard and customs).

(3) There were also 5 doses of liquid heroin seized in 2001.

(4) Data refer to seizures made by the Customs and the National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NACOC) from the Ministry of Interior. 5658 doses of heroin were also seized in 2005.

(5) Both 2004 and 2005 data are based on seizures made only by some police forces: they are not comparable between them, nor with previous years.

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

Sources:

Reitox national focal points.