Table SZR-7. Number of heroin seizures 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium		3158	:	:	1112	712	1340	1733	25	1104	1981	3505	619	2850	2307
Bulgaria	(4)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	48	81	90	88	399	135	:
Czech Republic	(1)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	55	78	67	107	86	96	105
Denmark		2973	3161	2509	2199	1230	1499	1304	966	894	1041	1064	927	647	906
Germany	(2)	18599	10113	9509	8387	7748	8014	7538	6658	6138	6608	6691	6763	6853	6638
Estonia		:	:	2	18	129	249	295	86	111	56	67	55	295	5
Ireland		209	664	599	884	767	598	802	714	660	612	763	1254	1698	:
Greece		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	3668	4341	4098	4138	3760	4365	5505
Spain		11572	14040	15399	13496	11938	10410	11800	7927	4818	5873	7033	6817	7556	8299
France		5216	4865	3924	2964	2684	2821	2650	2633	2560	2828	3242	3212	4028	4834
Italy		8359	7830	6884	6368	:	:	:	:	:	:	3314	3496	3645	3548
Cyprus		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	109	97	103	87	:
Latvia		:	:	:	:	:	427	497	267	93	97	90	125	254	322
Lithuania		:	:	2	6	34	103	242	132	40	67	99	190	272	282
Luxembourg		255	284	237	189	306	255	211	183	155	188	236	238	254	234
Hungary		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	97	90	113	108	144	154	128
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	:	12	:	39	68	63	53	:	:
Netherlands		:	:	812	835	1552	1833	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Austria		1298	1110	861	654	452	478	895	836	1263	1383	1371	883	765	673
Poland	(5)	:	:	:	:	:	:	23	19	14	209	:	:	:	:
Portugal	(3)	2828	3787	3476	3750	4058	3209	2431	1340	1154	1088	1309	1317	1309	1347
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	642	984	1055
Slovenia		:	:	:	:	:	419	552	568	539	478	550	719	572	743
Slovakia		:	687	1086	567	401	547	374	224	217	167	235	214	212	242
Finland		82	145	153	210	342	437	557	145	90	45	58	25	20	25
Sweden		805	780	833	1285	1244	1264	1271	1052	1057	900	804	800	871	688
United Kingdom	(6)	6468	9834	12508	15192	15519	16450	18170	15432	12965	13674	16402	16552	13497	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	656	577	552	649	707	687	604	634
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	55	477	401	588	1381	795	1100	1507
Norway		1913	2340	2485	2614	2378	2314	2501	1906	1709	1399	1151	1987	1204	1145
Total		63735	59640	61279	60730	51494	52667	54569	46035	41163	44476	54673	52862	54327

Notes:

 A fuller historical series, back to 1985 for reporting countries, is available in the Supplementary tables section of this Statistical bulletin   

 (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) 2000 data include 9 seizures of liquid heroin; 2001 data include 4 seizures of liquid heroin.    

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

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

 (6) 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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