Table SZR-14. Quantities (tablets) of ecstasy seized 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium	(1)	320441	184413	125700	271080	467477	818515	:	1485000	58278	:	2547874	482904	541245	162821
Bulgaria	(15)	:	:	:	:	:	2574	2361	3135	1097	2791	16572	13958	24155	13332
Czech Republic	(2)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	88491	75992	108379	19010	26259	62226	16609
Denmark		2115	15262	5803	27038	26117	21608	150080	25783	62475	38096	44195	22712	67680	17631
Germany		380858	692397	694281	419329	1470507	1634683	4576504	3207099	1257676	2052158	1588908	1082820	985218	751431
Estonia	(3)	:	1984	81	246	1770	1326	3783	12019	20770	297482	11880	22579	45223	19465
Ireland	(5)	123699	19244	17516	604881	229092	551713	469862	117033	1291809	1099138	613106	156131	204806	:
Greece	(4)	1672	1965	177	101	2815	53557	58845	28780	47723	87761	148796	118425	58355	8620
Spain		739511	340444	184950	194527	357649	891562	860164	1396142	771875	796833	572889	481583	490595	534906
France		273779	349210	198941	1142226	1860402	2283620	1503773	2156937	2211727	1893226	833648	1488919	1359912	342923
Italy	(6)	161888	150119	161631	129777	288403	577369	314640	399932	249031	374070	320132	132466	387839	50006
Cyprus	(7)	73	52	3	21	62	3317	2910	10253	5750	7955	12835	8411	3475	9881
Latvia	(8)	:	:	:	11	0	1114	1620	18298	9239	9460	21937	4600	94753	3945
Lithuania	(9)	:	56	1641	831	1122	50724	514	1205	98458	99429	18663	38436	17583	76808
Luxembourg		784	5545	367	145	357	318	272	1139	132	2232	492	555	145	107
Hungary	(17)	:	:	:	:	:	15154	18664	24854	135634	181807	238479	138278	131632	144618
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	:	2242	1005	8694	6071	17273	16479	:	:
Netherlands	(10)	48418	2302179	870980	1163514	3663608	5500000	3684505	6787167	5420033	ca 5500000	1900000	4118300	8430000	:
Austria		31338	25118	23522	114677	31129	162093	256299	383451	422103	122663	114104	30855	66167	45335
Poland	(11)	:	:	:	:	:	139133	239124	51156	102520	272198	492531	145344	610383	651985
Portugal	(12)	77	3983	525	1127	31319	25496	126451	222466	163525	107735	118162	113835	58515	36083
Romania	(18)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	7763	35288	17314	29280	52237
Slovenia	(16)	:	:	:	:	:	27928	1852	7877	2831	874	1309	2950	1246	495
Slovakia	(13)	:	:	1	35	8	493	1379	435	1893	2387	1698	13403	2115	6293
Finland		3750	1011	3062	3320	17665	87393	81228	45065	35216	23243	52210	39185	83000	34000
Sweden	(14)	9644	10324	20254	21273	73250	178711	91411	95668	69646	258877	124551	291385	103130	39800
United Kingdom	(19)	554800	5848054	2028954	2127345	6329570	6552000	7669000	6050381	7434515	4991225	3244000	6849000	1002000	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	12906	110632	29840	27048	33601	16340	12609	6855
Turkey	(20)	:	:	:	:	:	:	121508	98989	473240	845390	1749399	1592200	1047559	1041111
Norway		10980	12852	13182	15542	24664	49390	61187	102433	99451	53581	16034	28636	78725	30678
Total		2663827	9964212	4351571	6237046	14876986	19629791	20313084	22932825	20561173	19269872	14909576	17494262	15999571

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; 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; 1.16 kg and 0.045 kg of crystals in 2007; and 3.42 kg and 0.017 kg of liquid in 2008.   

 (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. 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.   

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

Sources:

 Reitox national focal points     

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