Testing of 699 #cocaine samples from 9 Member States revealed that purities of 90 % or more were detected in all Member States, while samples of less than 70 % purity were found in four Member States.

Read more in #EUDrugMarkets analysis
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMCDDA/status/1604824397788991491

Recent #cocaine seizures illustrate that smuggling using private jets continues to be used by criminal networks. Travel regulations and security measures are not as strict as those for commercial passenger flights.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMCDDA/status/1602287800556175364

Although the retail price of #cocaine has remained stable between 2010 & 2020, purity has been increasing in Europe. In 2019, purity levels were the highest in the last decade.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMCDDA/status/1599720623739117568

Illicit drug producers in Europe have introduced new methods to convert the less potent l-#methamphetamine isomer back to a racemic 50:50 mixture of d- & l-methamphetamine.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/methamphetamine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1597153725638115328

East European countries generally report much lower numbers of #cocaine seizures than the rest of Europe. However, their numbers increased overall by more than 200 % between 2010&2019, indicating retail market expansion.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1594647285493043200

10 832 #cocaine darknet listings were detected of both hydrochloride (powder) and freebase (crack) forms purporting to ship from an EU country in 2020. This value was based on data collected from 14 darknet markets.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1592141155550244864

325 tonnes of #methamphetamine were seized globally in 2019. Even though Europe is a relatively small market, latest analysis shows the growing threat posed by this drug, as availability increases & use spreads to new areas.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/methamphetamine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1589573852178354176

Sweden is an example of potential #cocaine retail market expansion, with the number of cocaine seizures increasing by a dramatic 481 % between 2010 & 2020.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1587037203628261376

Data from the European Web Survey on Drugs 2021 indicates that most respondents who use #cocaine have bought the drug directly from a dealer in-person, but a growth in internet-based methods (social media & the darknet) was noted. #EUDrugMarkets analysis https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1584455146284937217

Most cocaine manufacture continues to take place in Bolivia, Colombia & Peru, but there is evidence that cocaine hydrochloride is refined elsewhere in South America, further along the trafficking routes, and now also increasingly in Europe. #EUDrugMarkets https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1583096850303037440

COVID-19 appears to have had an impact on the number of #cocaine seizures recorded in the EU, Norway and Turkey. From 2019 to 2020 an estimated decrease of 32% was noted.

Read more in #EUDrugMarkets analysis @Europol
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1575139598170210304

Most #cocaine seized in Europe arrives in maritime shipping containers. As a result, the main European container ports have recorded increasing numbers of large-volume cocaine seizures in recent years. Read more in our #EUDrugMarkets analysis @Europol https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine/europe-and-global-cocaine-trade_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1570371466998284288

In Latin America, the largest quantities of #cocaine destined for Europe were seized in Guayaquil, Ecuador and Santos, Brazil.

Read more in our #EUDrugMarkets analysis @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1563074372893454336

#Cocaine smuggling through ports in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, France, Romania & Italy shows how criminal networks continue to exploit established commercial maritime routes between Latin America & Europe.

#EUDrugMarkets @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1561685378238742528

Most of the European Web Survey on Drugs respondents who use #methamphetamine buy the drug directly from a dealer. However, some have also reported using the darknet and social media as their sources.

Read more in our #EUDrugMarkets analysis @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/methamphetamine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1560628871078318081

Most of the #cocaine available in Europe continues to be smuggled into the largest container ports in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. In addition to Hamburg, ports in France, Romania & Italy have also become significant.

#EUDrugMarkets @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1559179030032748547

Data collected from the European Web Survey on Drugs has revealed that out of the 4 488 respondents who reported using #methamphetamine most consume the drug ‘to get high/for fun’, followed by ‘to socialise’.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/methamphetamine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1558092098586529792

For the 4th year, a record total amount of 214.6 tonnes of #cocaine was seized in Europe in 2020, suggesting high availability of the drug. Belgium, the Netherlands & Spain accounted for around three-quarters of the total. #EUDrugMarkets @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1556611907628433408

Antwerpen onder burgemeester De Wever is de cocaïnehoofdstad van Europa geworden
RT @emcdda: For the 4th year, a record total amount of 214.6 tonnes of #cocaine was seized in Europe in 2020, suggesting high availability of the drug. Belgium, the Netherlands & Spain accounted for around three-quarters of the total. #EUDrugMarkets @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/cocaine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TomVandendriese/status/1556614920480980997

Wastewater data from European cities confirms that #methamphetamine use is still concentrated in Czechia & Slovakia, but is also established in Belgium, Cyprus, the east of Germany, Spain, Turkey & in northern Europe.

#EUDrugMarkets analysis @Europol 👉https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets/methamphetamine_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EMCDDA/status/1555555306595356672