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EU Drug Markets: Coca and cocaine production

06.05.2022

This page provides an overview of the coca and cocaine production, including coca cultivation, cocaine chemicals and seizures, the larger European role in cocaine maufacturing, and environmental impact of coca cultivation, cocaine production and trafficking, This resource is part of EU Drug Market...

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EU Drug Markets: Cocaine — increasingly attractive for a wider range of criminal networks

06.05.2022

This page examines the role of criminal networks in the cocaine drug market including how they cooperate to boost profits, 'facilitators' who provide essential criminal services, 'brokers' who act as central connectors enabling cocaine operation, as well as violence such as homicide linked to...

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EU Drug Markets: Methamphetamine and criminal networks in Europe

06.05.2022

This page examines how the role of criminal networks in the methamphetamine market in the EU, including logistics and parallel business, modi operandi, the use of postal systems and parcel services, as well as concealment methods. This resource is part of EU Drug Market: Methamphetamine — In-depth...

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EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis

06.05.2022

'EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis' is a strategic and action-oriented analysis of the information available on Europe's illicit drug markets. It takes a broad view of these markets from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. It provides a holistic and systemic perspective, capturing...

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EU Drug Markets: Methamphetamine

06.05.2022

‘EU Drug Market: Methamphetamine’ describes the European methamphetamine market from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. It details the processes, materials and players involved at different stages and levels of the market. The module takes a threat assessment approach, identifying...

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EU Drug Markets: Cocaine

06.05.2022

‘EU Drug Market: Cocaine’ describes the European cocaine market from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. It details the processes, materials and players involved at different stages and levels of the market. The module takes a threat assessment approach, identifying key issues and...

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Exploring drug supply, associated violence and exploitation of vulnerable groups in Denmark

10.05.2021

This report provides an analysis of current drug supply models and the related violence and exploitation of vulnerable groups in Denmark. Recent years have seen a growth in criminals’ exploitation of vulnerable groups for drug-related crimes. This development appears to be driven by several...

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Drug-related homicide in Europe: data protocol

07.10.2020

This report is part of the EMCDDA activity around the development and improvement of drug supply indicators, which are designed to reflect developments in drug markets as well as the markets’ wider harms and impact. The protocol in this document provides a framework for standardised drug-related...

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EU Drug Markets — Impact of COVID-19

29.05.2020

What effect is COVID-19 having on the drug market in the EU? This joint publication from the EMCDDA and Europol analyses the impact of the pandemic on the market for the main drug types (cannabis, heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, NPS), including demand, production, trafficking and availability. It...

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EU Drug Markets Report 2019

27.11.2019

The EU Drug Markets Report 2019 is the third comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union by the EMCDDA and Europol. A more recent version of this publication is now available: EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis The analysis presented in this report spans numerous topics...

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EMCDDA pilot study of drug-related homicide in Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden

26.11.2019

This paper is part of the EMCDDA activity around the development and improvement of drug supply indicators, with a focus on drug-related homicide. It builds upon the 2017 review of the academic research and data sources on drug-related homicide at national and European/international levels by...

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Methamphetamine in Europe: EMCDDA-Europol threat assessment

26.11.2019

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the methamphetamine market in the European Union. It assesses the current threat situation regarding current trends in production, trafficking and distribution. This is a supporting publication to the 2019 EU Drug Markets Report.

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Highlights from the EU Drug Markets Report for policy and practice

26.11.2019

This short publication presents the main highlights from the EU Drug Markets Report 2019, targeting policy and practice.

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Recent changes in Europe’s cocaine market: results from an EMCDDA trendspotter study

13.12.2018

Using trendspotter methodology, this report explores signs of increasing availability and consumption of cocaine in Europe, in an effort to increase our understanding of recent changes in the cocaine market. The study investigates the consequences of these developments on acute health harms linked...

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Drug-related homicide in Europe: a first review of the data and literature

25.05.2018

Homicide is a violent act that generates high social costs. In particular, drug-related homicide (DRH) has the potential to act as an indicator of wider drug-related crime. Comparing DRH levels between countries with data on this topic can be a valuable tool for identifying trends and new threats....

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Drug squads: units specialised in drug law enforcement in Europe. Situation in the EU Member States, Norway and Turkey in 2015

13.12.2017

In 2013, findings of a first study on drug squads were published in the EMCDDA Paper series. A follow-up study was carried out in 2015 and resulted in the production of this paper. The focus of this limited update is monitoring and analysing changes in the number of specialised drug squads and...

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Developing drug supply monitoring in Europe: current concepts

07.12.2017

This paper presents the EMCDDA’s current thinking on the conceptual framework for monitoring drug markets, crime and supply reduction — building on the work completed in this area and expanding to reflect the academic research underpinning this work and the developments observed.

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The future of drug supply monitoring in Europe (poster)

27.10.2017

Drug markets can be seen from the perspective of supply and demand. Market-related indicators, therefore, particularly administrative data, such as seizures, price, purity and drug-related offences, are used in most countries for assessment of the drug situation and policy evaluation. However, the ...

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European Drug Report 2017: Trends and Developments

06.06.2017

The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical Bulletin, Country Drug Reports and Perspectives on Drugs, it makes up...

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Drug supply reduction: an overview of EU policies and measures

20.01.2017

Illicit drug markets have a global reach. This paper provides an overview of EU policies and responses to the production and trafficking of illicit drugs within the international context. It considers the different strategic areas involved, the EU structures concerned, along with some of the key...
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