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Table SZR-13. Number of ecstasy seizures 1995 to 2005

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium	(1)	1002			2672	1100	2504	2450	39
Bulgaria	(8)								6	11	11	6
Czech Republic	(2)								37	31	39	32
Denmark		9	84	110	143	197	444	331	340	322	505	461
Germany			2518	2368	1986	2883	4681	4290	3417	2571	3463	3238
Estonia		1	18	16	16	32	42	103	126	184	243	172
Ireland		571	405	347	466	1064	1864	1485	1027	1083	806	655
Greece	(3)								243	188	153	129
Spain		1630	2242	1999	1375	1995	3750	11947	9180	4694	1920	3371
France		587	644	628	608	649	1409	1589	1782	1864	2135	1620
Italy	(4)	948	1157	848	730						817
Cyprus											26	34
Latvia							20	60	80	37	90	131
Lithuania							11	13	9	72	98	92
Luxembourg		25	26	12	22	10	15	16	26	8	14	14
Hungary									304	362	1226	905
Malta								8		36	87	72
Netherlands	(5)			310	124	154	125
Austria		153	254	253	135	215	330	352	308	276	286	295
Poland	(9)							22	9	4	1016
Portugal	(6)	5	20	37	35	76	80	166	195	156	163	172
Romania											79
Slovenia							127	148	119	68	65	36
Slovakia				1	5	3	25	22	39	20	37	26
Finland			52	74	57	159	393	465	329	316	328	363
Sweden	(7)	26	163	203	104	160	508	632	632	488	411	381
United Kingdom		5513	6216	5098	4850	6637	9790	10410	8342	7606	7351
Turkey								79	154	306	599	1893
Norway		160	192	242	178	502	827	841	693	405	452	341
Total		10630	13991	12546	13506	15836	26945	35429	27436	21108	22420

Notes:

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

(1) 1998 data includes both seizures of ecstasy and amphetamine.

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

(3) Until 2003, data include both ecstasy and amphetamine tablets.

(4) Since 2000, data include seizures of tablets of all amphetamine-type products with no differentiation between products (a majority of seizures of tablets being ecstasy-type products); see Table SZR-11 for number of seizures of amphetamine-type products additionally seized in kg.

(5) 1997 data include 269 seizures of MDMA and 41 of MDEA. 2000 data include seizures of both ecstasy and amphetamine.

(6) 2001 data include 6 seizures of ecstasy measured in kg; 21 in 2002; 21 in 2003; 25 in 2004; and 40 in 2005.

(7) Before 2001, data include only seizures of MDMA and MDA; whereas since 2001, data include seizures of MDMA, MDA and MDE.

(8) Except for 2002, data refer to seizures made by customs and the National Service for Combating Organised Crime (NACOC) from the Ministry of Interior. 2002 data refer only to seizures made by NACOC.

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

Sources:

Reitox national focal points.