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Disposals by the courts (in the first instance)<br />

• In 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008, there was a drop in the number of Opium Act cases disposed of<br />

by the courts, compared to 2006. (figure 9.5; table 9.6).<br />

• The decline relates to hard drugs cases, soft drugs cases <strong>and</strong> cases involving both hard<br />

<strong>and</strong> soft drugs. As in 2006, hard drugs cases accounted for about half of all drug<br />

cases, soft drugs cases accounted for 45% <strong>and</strong> the combination of hard <strong>and</strong> soft drug<br />

cases made up four percent.<br />

• Violations of the Opium Act accounted for eight percent of the total number of cases<br />

disposed of in Dutch courts in 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008. This percentage is not much different<br />

from previous years. Thus, drugs offences appear to be following the same trend as<br />

other crimes.<br />

Figure 9.5 Number of cases disposed of by the courts by hard <strong>and</strong> soft drugs, 2002-2008 I<br />

15000<br />

Number<br />

12500<br />

10000<br />

7500<br />

5000<br />

2500<br />

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008<br />

Total<br />

- Hard drugs<br />

- Soft drugs<br />

- Hard- & soft drugs<br />

- Unknown<br />

10703 12714 12143 12199 13023 11845 11487<br />

7055 8315 7006 6362 6527 6033 5835<br />

3289 3996 4662 5306 5902 5322 5210<br />

334 398 466 524 575 483 436<br />

25 5 9 7 19 7 6<br />

I. More than one case may be registered per accused. Source: OMDATA, WODC.<br />

208 <strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Monitor</strong> - NDM Annual Report 2009

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