Table SZR-11. Number of amphetamine seizures 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium	(1)	568	:	:	2672	1060	1074	1270	:	3702	4734	3976	867	2767	2646
Bulgaria	(11)	:	:	:	:	:	2	4	9	44	36	59	167	70	:
Czech Republic	(2)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	3	15	9	7	9	2	1
Denmark		1167	1386	1324	1609	1250	1152	954	1134	1264	1388	1573	2022	1965	1543
Germany	(3)	4315	2670	3571	4079	3811	3726	3459	4048	3841	5442	6123	6422	7208	8069
Estonia		2	29	37	126	164	207	289	336	426	399	428	513	808	310
Ireland		89	217	475	680	467	169	162	243	211	145	125	277	235	:
Greece		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	9	30	23	17	16	8	7
Spain		3384	4957	5040	4122	3796	3349	4574	4792	1797	1771	1635	1978	1928	2037
France		104	91	163	158	141	137	111	149	181	252	317	232	343	387
Italy	(4)	41	66	57	41	:	:	:	:	:	:	31	36	32	28
Cyprus		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	1	1	9	1	:
Latvia	(5)	:	:	:	:	:	70	119	176	243	226	218	165	89	66
Lithuania		:	2	8	12	0	27	24	86	76	198	118	146	112	77
Luxembourg	(6)	9	11	3	5	5	9	7	7	8	4	2	4	3	19
Hungary		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	256	373	378	356	368	417	456
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	:	0	:	1	2	1	1	:	:
Netherlands	(7)	:	:	225	:	:	125	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Austria		43	136	221	:	:	141	161	202	294	324	312	299	319	262
Poland	(13)	:	:	:	:	:	:	74	83	90	3010	:	:	:	:
Portugal	(8)	0	0	4	1	2	3	4	11	5	9	22	20	25	25
Romania	(12)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	7	14	14
Slovenia		:	:	:	:	:	112	58	51	35	:	62	128	182	196
Slovakia	(9)	:	20	19	44	51	76	8	11	1	1	9	6	3	2
Finland		696	972	1325	1641	1956	2369	3778	3399	3687	3392	3732	2998	2896	2900
Sweden	(10)	4386	4199	4639	4859	5073	4978	5733	6722	6671	6733	6499	6842	6477	5304
United Kingdom	(14)	15443	18276	18609	18630	13393	7080	6830	6997	6952	7254	8656	9291	8547	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	223	383	215	452	382	400	547	448
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	18	42	29	36	99	46	5	39
Norway		1601	1775	2394	2774	3089	3077	4283	5037	4578	4148	4410	4680	4222	3773
Total		31848	34807	38114	41453	34258	27883	32143	34186	34769	40367	39170	37949	39225

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 amphetamine and ecstasy.     

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

 (3) In 1995: the number of seizures based on offences; since 1996: the numbers of seizures based on police register. Data include both seizures of amphetamine and methamphetamine.     

 (4) Since 2000, data include seizures of all amphetamine-type products in kg with no differentiation between products; see Table SZR-13 for numbers of seizures of amphetamine-type products additionally seized in tablets.     

 (5) Before 2004, data include both amphetamine and methamphetamine seizures.      

 (6) Data include both seizures of amphetamine and methamphetamine.     

 (7) 2000 data includes seizures of ecstasy.     

 (8) Data include 3 seizures of amphetamine tablets in 2001; 4 in 2002; 2 in 2003; 4 in 2004; 5 in 2005; 4 in 2006, and 1 in 2007.     

 (9) Before 2001, data include both amphetamine and methamphetamine seizures.      

 (10) Before 2001, data include both amphetamine and methamphetamine seizures. Fenmetrazin is included in amphetamine seizures.      

 (11) Data refer to seizures made by the Customs and the National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NACOC) from the Ministry of Interior.      

 (12) 2004 data include 4 seizures of amphetamine tablets.     

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

 (14) 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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