EU drug markets report: a strategic analysis
Introduction
The EU drug markets report is the first comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union. It covers issues such as production, consumer markets, trafficking, organised crime and policy responses, along with a review of the markets for heroin, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine, methamphetamine, ecstasy and new psychoactive substances. It concludes with concrete action points for the areas where the current EU response to the drug market and its consequent harms may be improved. An essential reference tool for law enforcement professionals, policymakers, the academic community and the general public, the report combines Europol’s strategic and operational understanding of trends and developments in organised crime with the EMCDDA’s ongoing monitoring and analysis of the drug phenomenon in Europe and beyond.
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- At a glance
- Chapter 1: Context
- Chapter 2: Heroin
- Chapter 3: Cocaine
- Chapter 4: Cannabis
- Chapter 5: Amphetamine
- Chapter 6: Methamphetamine
- Chapter 7: Ecstasy
- Chapter 8: New psychoactive substances
- Chapter 9: Issues in focus
- Chapter 10: Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- Abbreviations
Case studies
- Case study 1 – Cannabis: changing demand and an increase in domestic production [PDF - English - 308.8 KB]
- Case study 2 – Methamphetamine production and trafficking increasing in Europe [PDF - English - 252.76 KB]
- Case study 3 – New psychoactive substances: 73 detected in 2012 [PDF - English - 432.31 KB]
- Case study 4 – Twenty-seven arrested as European police dismantle drug smuggling network [PDF - English - 367.88 KB]
- Case study 5 – Synthetic drugs network broken up [PDF - English - 554.92 KB]
- Case study 6 – 6.5 tonnes of heroin precursor seized [PDF - English - 252.14 KB]
- Case study 7 – International judicial and law-enforcement cooperation leads to trial against major Swedish cocaine smugglers [PDF - English - 478.42 KB]
- Case study 8 – Mobile production units [PDF - English - 574.96 KB]