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Table SZR-14. Quantities of ecstasy seized, 1995–2011

Part (i) Number of tablets of ecstasy

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Belgium	(1)	320441	184413	125700	271080	467477	818515	:	1485000	58278	:	2547874	482904	541245	162821	31025	32954	64384
Bulgaria		:	:	:	:	:	2574	2361	3135	1097	2791	16572	12546	7817	13332	22395	5515	7879
Czech Republic		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	88491	75992	108379	19010	26259	62226	16609	199	865	13000
Denmark		2115	15262	5803	27038	26117	21608	150080	25783	62475	38096	44195	22712	67680	17631	53929	45360	16000
Germany		380858	692397	694281	419329	1470507	1634683	4576504	3207099	1257676	2052158	1588908	1082820	985218	751431	521272	230367	484992
Estonia		:	1984	81	246	1770	1326	3783	12019	20770	297482	11880	22579	45223	19465	13574	675	11496
Ireland	(2)	123699	19244	17516	604881	229092	551713	469862	117033	1291809	1099138	613106	156131	204806	96224	18711	398	97882
Greece	(3)	1672	1965	177	101	2815	53557	58845	28780	47723	87761	148796	118425	58355	8620	46115	12823	70
Spain		739511	340444	184950	194527	357649	891562	860164	1396142	771875	796833	572889	481583	490595	534906	404380	634629	183028
France		273779	349210	198941	1142226	1860402	2283620	1503773	2156937	2211727	1893226	833648	1488919	1359912	342923	106597	663595	1510500
Italy	(4)	161888	150119	161631	129777	288403	577369	314640	399932	249031	374070	320132	132466	432794	50285	63621	67370	14108
Cyprus		73	52	3	21	62	3317	2910	10253	5750	7955	12835	8411	3475	9881	17	2772	653
Latvia		:	:	:	11	0	1114	1620	18298	9239	9460	21937	4600	94753	3945	281	23	3592
Lithuania		:	56	1641	831	1122	50724	514	1205	98458	99429	18663	38436	17583	76808	69823	6599	303
Luxembourg		784	5545	367	145	357	318	272	1139	132	2232	492	555	145	107	9478	291	91
Hungary	(5)	:	:	:	:	:	15154	18664	24854	135634	181807	234582	138278	131632	144618	5413	1135	270
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	:	2242	1005	8694	6071	17273	16479	15078	13677	21682	19787	2171
Netherlands	(6)	48418	2302179	870980	1163514	3663608	5500000	3684505	6787167	5420033	5500000	1900000	4118300	8430000	249761	172845	555401	1059534
Austria		31338	25118	23522	114677	31129	162093	256299	383451	422103	122663	114104	30855	66167	45335	5848	7275	45780
Poland	(7)	:	:	:	:	:	139133	239124	51156	102520	272198	492531	145344	610383	651985	218616	269842	75082
Portugal	(8)	77	3983	525	1127	31319	36386	127328	239213	165539	111833	213788	133290	70591	70309	8987	48370	7791
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	7763	35288	17314	29280	52237	11778	2988	7594
Slovenia		:	:	:	:	:	27928	1852	7877	2831	874	1309	2950	1246	3539	16872	399	34
Slovakia		:	:	1	35	8	493	1379	435	1893	2387	1698	13403	2115	6293	12	993	27
Finland		3750	1011	3062	3320	17665	87393	81228	45065	35216	23243	52210	39185	83000	34000	15100	27000	17800
Sweden	(9)	9644	10324	20254	21273	73250	178711	91411	95668	69646	258877	124551	291385	103130	39100	2400	7100	17060
United Kingdom		554800	5848054	2028954	2127345	6329570	6552000	7669000	6050381	7434515	5091000	3111000	6804000	1210000	547000	171000	396000	656000
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	12906	110632	29840	27048	33601	16340	12609	6855	2455	2160	2898
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	121508	98989	473240	845390	1749399	1592200	1047559	1041111	432513	924861	1364253
Norway		10980	12852	13182	15542	24664	49390	61187	102433	99451	53581	16034	28636	78725	30678	22449	6250	5327
Total		2663827	9964212	4351571	6237046	14876986	19640681	20313961	22949572	20563187	19373745	14868305	17467305	16263342	5041485	2469386	3973797

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) 424 capsules were also seized in 1998; 46 in 1999; 5644 in 2000; 3 capsules in 2003; and 1.500 ml of MDMA in 2006.

(3) Until 2003, data include both ecstasy and amphetamine tablets.

(4) 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.

(5) Data includes tablets containing MDMA, MDEA, MDA with other substances.

(6) Figures in this table refer to MDMA; in 1996 and 1997, 800636 and 23627 MDEA tablets were also seized. In addition, 32250 litres of ecstasy were also seized in 1998; 445 in 1999; and about 200 in 2004.

(7) Before 2005 ecstasy quantities in kg seized wren converted into tablets (One tablet of ecstasy weights average 200 mg).

(8) Ecstasy mentioned in kg was converted in pills; one pill corresponds to 0.1 g according to Administrative Rule n.° 94/96 of 26 of March, the same happened with ground ecstasy and dust ecstasy.

(9) Before 2001, data include only seizures of MDMA and MDA; whereas since 2001, data include seizures of MDMA, MDA and MDE.

Source:

Reitox national focal points. See Table SZR-0 part (i) and Table SZR-0 part (ii)

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