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Table SZR-1. Number of cannabis resin seizures, 1995 to 2008

Country19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008
Belgium 7570::45733350547515908461411663784492165958704921
Bulgaria(8):::10812101084919:
Czech Republic(1):::::::9398163123422530
Denmark ::::::57885234594273131028710962:8365
Germany(2)::15785171661769418466165411395310267126481303011764976210313
Estonia ::::::25359012016221011826
Ireland 3031323337534264432244015960274633662610326035873166:
Greece :::::::321280228300243193243
Spain ::::52148::8106783877110168123883153145166544193429
France(3)5216:291463470939214440603997657794565746372862396578486650085096
Italy::::::::::6511637868397065
Cyprus :::::::::39403025:
Latvia :::::::::2040172234
Lithuania ::::::510102324301419
Luxembourg :178574411589106788483134117111113
Hungary :::::::21765986675563
Malta(4):::::8310:6010213686::
Nethelands::::::::::::::
Austria ::::2563246423281855147318612053187315191410
Poland(9)::::::17374382::::
Portugal(5)7461106146319172538245722841970227624392695253122272616
Romania :::::::::::145338506
Slovenia(6)::::::5652:122118179129124
Slovakia(7):::::252830232929303321
Finland ::::2259248240113171279626262408259919001500
Sweden 33113017355740334834466755166490652666866829751174858360
United Kingdom(10)64295641697960184983737646540063920627966006852218592044312830817:
Croatia::::::238252240611641469551485
Turkey ::::::99907522304814234638731
Norway ::::::10089100049476916392231051684009188
Total8416971703133362151690202801150077172917249387248293279831308922315409313300

Notes:

 (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 to 2003 the number of large seizures only is reported; from 2004 all seizures are reported.      

 (10) Before 2006 data have been reported on a calendar year basis. Since 2006 seizures data will be published on a financial year basis (Data reported for 2006 is for 2006/07, data reported in 2007 is for 2007/08 and so on). There are no customs data for Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2006/07. In 2007 data are for England, Wales and Northern Ireland only (England and Wales reported both police and customs seizures and Northern Ireland only police seizures); no data for Scotland is available.   

Sources:

 Reitox national focal points     

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