Table SZR-13. Number of ecstasy seizures 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium	(1)	1002	:	:	2672	1100	2504	2450	39	:	:	:	582	1798	1412
Bulgaria	(8)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	6	11	11	6	147	:	:
Czech Republic	(2)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	37	33	52	41	29	30	18
Denmark		9	84	110	143	197	444	331	340	322	505	461	540	397	251
Germany		:	2518	2368	1986	2883	4681	4290	3417	2571	3463	3238	2382	2495	2698
Estonia		1	18	16	16	32	42	103	126	184	243	172	270	281	97
Ireland		571	405	347	466	1064	1864	1485	1027	1083	806	688	858	1173	:
Greece	(3)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	243	188	153	129	80	85	54
Spain		1630	2242	1999	1375	1995	3750	11947	9180	4694	1920	3371	4032	3432	2715
France		587	644	628	608	649	1409	1589	1782	1864	2135	1620	924	938	781
Italy	(4)	948	1157	848	730	:	:	:	:	:	:	345	347	327	258
Cyprus		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	26	34	34	19	:
Latvia		:	:	:	:	:	20	60	80	37	90	131	103	185	118
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	11	13	9	72	98	92	85	114	94
Luxembourg		25	26	12	22	10	15	16	26	8	14	14	9	7	16
Hungary		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	304	362	1226	366	145	152	186
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	:	8	:	36	87	72	44	:	:
Netherlands	(5)	:	:	310	124	154	125	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Austria		153	254	253	135	215	330	352	308	276	286	295	248	250	181
Poland	(9)	:	:	:	:	:	:	22	9	4	1016	:	:	:
Portugal	(6)	5	20	37	35	73	81	164	190	149	158	166	135	110	88
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	94	168	210
Slovenia		:	:	:	:	:	127	148	119	68	65	36	54	37	40
Slovakia		:	:	1	5	3	25	22	39	20	37	26	34	47	53
Finland		:	52	74	57	159	393	465	329	316	328	363	297	340	250
Sweden	(7)	26	163	203	104	160	508	632	632	488	411	381	309	268	231
United Kingdom		5513	6216	5098	4850	6637	9790	10410	8342	7577	7388	7539	9620	7228	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	537	678	450	467	242	118	106	69
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	79	154	306	599	1893	874	783	569
Norway		160	192	242	178	502	827	841	693	405	452	341	411	421	314
Total		10630	13991	12546	13506	15833	26946	35964	28109	21524	22036	22062	22805	21191

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; 40 in 2005; 50 in 2006, and 9 of crystals and 44 of ground ecstasy in 2007.   

 (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 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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