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Illicit drugs are big business. They are one of the main profit-generating activities of organised crime and are estimated to represent around one-fifth of global crime proceeds. The negative impacts of illicit drug markets are multifaceted and far-reaching, which is why they remain a key threat to the security of the European Union and the safety of its citizens.

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EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis

Drug trafficking is a highly profitable commercial activity and remains a core business for organised crime groups across Europe today. Understanding the reality of the European drug market requires a holistic approach, following the supply chain from production and trafficking to distribution and sales.

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Drug checking data from the Trans-European Drug Information (TEDI) network

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — In-depth analysis

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Introduction

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Key findings and threat assessment

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Global context

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Production of opioids

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Trafficking and supply

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Criminal networks operating in the heroin market

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Key market data: heroin prices, purities and offences

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Retail markets

2024
EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — Actions to address current threats and increase preparedness

2024
EU Drug Market: Cannabis — In-depth analysis

2023
EU Drug Market: Cannabis — Introduction

2023
EU Drug Market: Cannabis — Key findings and threat assessment

2023
EU Drug Market: Cannabis — Global context

2023

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International cooperation partners participate in EMCDDA-CEPOL training course on 'Drug crime and markets: strategic analysis’ (April 2024 )
New drug checking data from the Trans-European Drug Information (TEDI) network (March 2024 )
EMCDDA and Europol spotlight drug-related violence in latest market overview (March 2024 )
EU Drug Markets: Key insights for policy and practice — online press conference 7 March (March 2024 )
New report — Heroin and other opioids pose substantial threat to health and security in Europe (January 2024 )
New analysis highlights greater diversity of cannabis products, rising potency, and security risks posed by Europe's largest illicit drug market (November 2023 )
Amphetamine: new analysis on Europe's most common synthetic stimulant highlights sophisticated EU-based production and environmental concerns (October 2023 )
New report explores links between drug markets and gun violence in the EU (October 2023 )
New report shows Europe as key transhipment area for captagon bound for Arabian Peninsula (September 2023 )
Greater diversity in drug supply and use creates new challenges for Europe (June 2023 )
Port of Antwerp welcomes officials following continued rise in cocaine seizures (February 2023 )
EMCDDA releases new findings on drug markets in the eastern and southern European Neighbourhood Policy regions (November 2022 )
EMCDDA releases new analysis on the drug situation in the Western Balkans (November 2022 )
Drug supply and use bounce back after COVID-19 disruption (June 2022 )
25 years of monitoring and responding to new drugs in Europe — update published today (June 2022 )

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Events

Related events, meetings, conferences and more from our events calendar

CEPOL/Europol training 2024 on dismantling illicit laboratories (13 Mar 2024 to 15 Mar 2024, Legionowo, Poland)
Online press conference: EU Drug Markets – Key insights for policy and practice (EMCDDA-Europol) (07 Mar 2024, Online)
Launch: EU Drug Markets – heroin and other opioids (EMCDDA-Europol Webinar) (24 Jan 2024, Online)
Launch: EU Drug Markets – cannabis (EMCDDA-Europol Webinar) (16 Nov 2023, Online)
11th annual EMCDDA Reference Group on Drug Supply Indicators (06 Nov 2023 to 07 Nov 2023, Lisbon, Portugal)
EMCDDA-Europol Webinar: EU Drug Markets – focus on amphetamine (16 Oct 2023, Online)
EMCDDA-CEPOL Residential training course 'Drug crime and markets - strategic analysis' (18 Apr 2023, Budapest, Hungary)
Launch event: EU Drug Markets analyses (06 May 2022)
EL PAcCTO working group on maritime and air trafficking routes (16 Mar 2022 to 18 Mar 2022)
Steering Committee of the Global Illicit Flows Programme (17 Feb 2022, Online)
EMCDDA-CEPOL joint training on drug crime and markets – strategic analysis (30 Nov 2021 to 03 Dec 2021, Online)
Regional Meeting of the Global SMART Programme on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and Early Warning Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (20 Oct 2021 to 21 Oct 2021, Online)
EMCDDA webinar: Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift? (08 Oct 2021, Online)
Launch of the EMCDDA trendspotter briefing Illicit drug markets and supply in the Western Balkans: Impact of COVID-19 (18 Jun 2021)
3rd Global Conference on Drugs and Illicit Substances (08 Jun 2021, Online)

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Data: lifetime and reason for closure of global darknet markets offering drugs
Source data for EU Drug Market: Heroin and other opioids — In-depth analysis
Source data for Cannabis – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Statistical Bulletin 2023 — price, purity and potency
Source data for Cocaine – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Source data for Drug supply, production and precursors – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Statistical Bulletin 2023 — drug law offences
Source data for Synthetic stimulants– the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Source data for New psychoactive substances – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Source data for MDMA – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Source data for Other drugs – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Source data for Heroin and other opioids – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — drug law offences
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — seizures of drugs
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — price, purity and potency

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Document library

Documents on this topic in our Document Library

Environmental impact of synthetic drug production: analysis of groundwater samples for contaminants derived from illicit synthetic drug production waste (2023 )
The nexus between drug markets and gun violence in the European Union (2023 )
Estimating the size of drug markets in selected European cities using wastewater-derived data on drug and drug metabolite residues (2023 )
An analysis of cash collection systems related to the European drug market (2023 )
An analysis of drug dealing via social media (2023 )
Cryptocurrencies and drugs: Analysis of cryptocurrency use on darknet markets in the EU and neighbouring countries (2023 )
Identifying the impact of the business cycle on drug-related harms in European countries (2023 )
Cannabis cultivation and trafficking in the Western Balkans (2022 )
Improving the estimation of the size of the European drug market (2022 )
Regulatory approaches to cannabidiol in the European Union (2021 )
Monitoring an online illicit drug market during COVID 19 in Georgia (2021 )
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on illicit drug supply and drug related behaviour of people who use drugs in Georgia –prospective cohort study (2021 )
Luxembourg national drug report 2020 (2021 )
COVID-19 and drugs in the European neighbourhood partnership countries (2021 )
Mini-European web survey on drugs — Impact of COVID-19 on drug use, acquisition behaviour and the drug market in Luxembourg (2021 )