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Table SZR-14. Quantities (tablets) of ecstasy seized 1995 to 2005

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium	(1)	320441	184413	125700	271080	467477	818515		1485000	58278		2547874
Bulgaria	(15)						2574	2361	3135	1097	2791	16572
Czech Republic	(2)								88491	75992	108379	19010
Denmark		2115	15262	5803	27038	26117	21608	150080	25783	62475	38096	44195
Germany		380858	692397	694281	419329	1470507	1634683	4576504	3207099	1257676	2052158	1588908
Estonia	(3)		1984	81	246	1770	1326	3783	12019	20770	297482	11880
Ireland	(5)	123699	19244	17516	604881	229092	551713	469862	117033	1291809	1099138	327179
Greece	(4)	1672	1965	177	101	2815	53557	58845	28780	47723	87761	148796
Spain		739511	340444	184950	194527	357649	891562	860164	1396142	771875	796833	572889
France		273779	349210	198941	1142226	1860402	2283620	1503773	2156937	2211727	1893226	833648
Italy	(6)	161888	150119	161631	129777	288403	577369	314640	399932	249031	374070	320132
Cyprus	(7)	73	52	3	21	62	3317	2910	10253	5750	7955	12835
Latvia	(8)				11	0	1114	1620	18298	9239	9460	21937
Lithuania	(9)		56	1641	831	1122	50724	514	1205	98458	99429	18663
Luxembourg		784	5545	367	145	357	318	272	1139	132	2232	492
Hungary							15154	18664	24854	135634	181807	238479
Malta								2242	1005	8694	6071	17273
Netherlands	(10)	48418	2302179	870980	1163514	3663608	5500000	3684505	6787167	5420033	ca 5500000	1900000
Austria		31338	25118	23522	114677	31129	162093	256299	383451	422103	122663	114104
Poland	(11)						139133	239124	51156	102520	272198	492531
Portugal	(12)	77	3983	525	1127	31319	25496	126451	222466	163525	107735	118162
Romania											7763	1309
Slovenia							27928	1852	7877	2831	874	1309
Slovakia	(13)			1	35	8	493	1379	435	1893	2387	1698
Finland		3750	1011	3062	3320	17665	87393	81228	45065	35216	23243	52210
Sweden	(14)	9644	10324	20254	21273	73250	178711	91411	95668	69646	258877	124551
United Kingdom		554800	5848054	2028954	2127345	6329570	6552000	7669000	6050381	7478929	4986911
Turkey								121508	98989	473240	845390	1748799
Norway		10980	12852	13182	15542	24664	49390	61187	102433	99451	53581	16034
Total		2663827	9964212	4351571	6237046	14876986	19629791	20300178	22822193	20575747	19238510

Notes:

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

(1) In 1996 and 1998 figures include both ecstasy and amphetamine tablets seized; see Table SZR-12 for quantities in kg additionally seized in 1996 and 1998. 132 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 1997; 266 kg in 1999; and 37 kg in 2000. In 2003, 229 kg of amphetamines and ecstasy were seized: they are reported in Table SZR-12.

(2) Accurate data are not available before 2002 due to double counting of seizures by police and customs reports. 0.02 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2002; and 4.85 kg in 2003.

(3) In addition, 0.421 kg of ecstasy were seized in 2000; 1.7 kg in 2001; 3.4 kg in 2002; and 6.7 kg in 2003.

(4) All seizures are included (police, coastguard and customs). Until 2003, data include both ecstasy and amphetamine tablets.

(5) 424 capsules and 0.735 kg were also seized in 1998; 46 capsules and 0.236 kg in 1999; 5644 capsules in 2000; 0.153 kg in 2002; 3 capsules, 0.604 kg of MDMA and 0.0123 kg of MDEA in 2003 and 3.444 gram of MDMA in 2005.

(6) 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-12 for quantities of amphetamine-type products additionally seized in kg.

(7) 0.004 kg of MDMA were also seized in 2001; 0.3 kg in 2002; 0.001 kg in 2003; and 0.2 kg in 2004.

(8) 0.0175 kg of ecstasy were seized in 2003.

(9) 0.44 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2003.

(10) a) figures in this table refer to MDMA; in 1996 and 1997, 800636 and 23627 MDEA tablets were also seized. b) in addition, 391 kg of ecstasy were seized in 1995; 350 kg in 1996; 703 kg in 1997; 632 kg in 2000; 113 kg in 2001; 849 kg in 2002; 435 kg in 2003; and about 300 kg in 2004. c) In addition, 32250 litres of ecstasy were also seized in 1998; 445 in 1999; and about 200 in 2004. 2004 data are estimated figures, which are unreliable, incomparable with previous years and truncated (based on seizures made only by some police forces).

(11) 2003 data include 198.152 kg of ecstasy seized and converted into tablets.

(12) 0.019 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 1997; 0.0003 kg in 1998; 0.086 kg in 1999; 1.1 kg in 2000; 0.1 kg in 2001; 1.67 kg in 2002; 0.201 kg in 2003; 0.4 kg in 2004; and 9.56 kg and 1 capsule in 2005.

(13) 0.002 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2003.

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

(15) Except for 2002, data refer to seizures made by the Customs and the National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NACOC) from the Ministry of Interior. 2002 data refer only to seizures made by the National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NACOC). 0.315 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2005.

Sources:

Reitox national focal points.