The Netherlands Drug Situation 2010 - Trimbos-instituut

Table 9.1.1: Investigations into more serious forms of organised crime, percentage ofdrug cases and type of drug involved, 2001-2009I2002 (II) 2003 2004 (III) 2005 (IV) 2006 2007 2008 2009Total numberof investigations:100% … 100% 100% … 100% … 100% 100% 100% 100%N total 185 … 221 289 … 176 … 333 328 352 272- Targetingdrugs63% … 66% 69% … 72% … 75% 72% 70% 75%N targetingdrugs- cases withhard drugs- cases withsoft drugs117 … 146 200 … 127 … 250 235 247 20383% … 83% 84% … 85% … 79% 83% 76% 72%45% … 39% 27% … 41% … 60% 67% 65% 67%- only harddrugs- only softdrugs- hard andsoft drugs55% … 61% 69% … 59% … 40% 36% 35% 33%17% … 17% 11% … 15% … 21% 20% 24% 28%28% … 22% 16% … 26% … 39% 47% 41% 40%N targetinghard drugs97 … 121 168 … 108 … 198 194 188 147- Cocaine … 60% 57% … 54% … 68% 77% 76% 78%- Syntheticdrugs… 54% 39% … 44% … 43% 40% 46% 41%- Heroin … 17% 18% … 29% … 29% 20% 22% 25%I. Investigations may involve trafficking or production of several drug types, therefore the numbers in the tablecategories cannot be added up. II. Since 2002 a new format is used; data from 2002 are not fully comparableto later data. III. Data from 2005 concern only the period January-November. IV. In 2006 a larger scope ofselection was implemented; as a consequence the number of investigations is substantially higher than in theyears before; in particular the number of soft drugs trafficking investigations is concerned; therefore the 2006data can not be compared to the data of the years before. Source: KLPD-DNRI, 2010.Opium Act offences registered by the Police Forces (table 9.1.2)In general, there appears to be a trend towards less numbers of cases, a decrease in theproportion of hard drug cases and an increase in the proportion of soft drug cases. The absolute number of Opium Act offences reported by the Police Forces decreasedsubstantially in 2009. There were less than 17 thousand police reports of Opium Actoffences. It should be noted, however, that these data are preliminary and that thedecline in 2009 might be partially due to registration artefacts. The decrease in 2009 concerns especially hard drugs - which are no longer the majorityin 2009 – as well as cases of hard drugs in combination with soft drugs. A slight majority of the reports in 2009 concern a soft drug. A minority (10%) concernscases in which combinations of hard and soft drugs.122