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Table SZR-14. Quantities (tablets) of ecstasy seized 1995 to 2007

Country1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
Belgium(1)320441184413125700271080467477818515 1485000582782547874482904541245
Bulgaria(15) 25742361313510972791165721395824155
Czech Republic(2) 8849175992108379190102625962226
Denmark 2115152625803270382611721608150080257836247538096441952271267680
Germany 38085869239769428141932914705071634683457650432070991257676205215815889081082820985218
Estonia(3) 1984812461770132637831201920770297482118802257945223
Ireland(5)123699192441751660488122909255171346986211703312918091099138613106156131204806
Greece(4)167219651771012815535575884528780477238776114879611842558355
Spain 7395113404441849501945273576498915628601641396142771875796833572889481583490595
France 273779349210198941114222618604022283620150377321569372211727189322683364814889191359912
Italy(6)161888150119161631129777288403577369314640399932249031374070320132132466387876
Cyprus(7)7352321623317291010253575079551283584113475
Latvia(8) 11011141620182989239946021937460094753
Lithuania(9) 56164183111225072451412059845899429186633843617583
Luxembourg 784554536714535731827211391322232492555145
Hungary(17) 151541866424854135634181807238479138278131632
Malta 22421005869460711727316479
Netherlands(10)484182302179870980116351436636085500000368450567871675420033ca 5500000190000041183008430000
Austria 313382511823522114677311291620932562993834514221031226631141043085566167
Poland(11) 13913323912451156102520272198492531145344610383
Portugal(12)7739835251127313192549612645122246616352510773511816211383558515
Romania(18) 7763352881731429280
Slovenia(16) 27928185278772831874130929501246
Slovakia(13) 13584931379435189323871698134032115
Finland 3750101130623320176658739381228450653521623243522103918583000
Sweden(14)964410324202542127373250178711914119566869646258877124551291385103130
United Kingdom(19)55480058480542028954212734563295706552000766900060503817434515499122532440006849000
Croatia129061106322984027048336011634012609
Turkey(20) 12150898989473240845390174939915922001047559
Norway 109801285213182155422466449390611871024339945153581160342863678725
Total26638279964212435157162370461487698619629791203130842293282520561173192698721490957617494262

Notes:

 : indicates data not available 

 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; 6.7 kg in 2003; 3461 kg in 2005; 0.0197 kg in 2006; and 137 kg in 2007. 

 (4) All seizures are included (Police, Coast Guard 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; 3.444 gram of MDMA in 2005; and 106 gram and 1.500 ml of MDMA in 2006. 

 (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; 0.2 kg in 2004; 0.005 kg in 2005; 0.05 kg in 2006; and 0.1 kg in 2007. 

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

 (9) 0.44 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2003; 6.022 kg in 2006; and 1.433 kg in 2007. 

 (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; about 300 kg in 2004; and about 1300 kg in 2007. 

  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. 7.164 kg were also seized in 2007.  

 (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; 9.56 kg and 1 capsule in 2005; 1.94 kg and 0.007 kg of crystals in 2006; and 1.16 kg and 0.045 kg of crystals in 2007. 

 (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. 

 (16) 0.818 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2006; and 0.0184 kg in 2007. 

 (17) Data includes tablets containing MDMA, MDEA, MDA with other substances. 

 (18) 0.206 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2007. 

 (19) Due to new conversion rules introduced in 2005 previous data are not directly comparable. 

 (20) 174 kg of ecstasy were also seized in 2005; 159 kg in 2006; and 105 kg in 2007. 

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