Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen
Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen
Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen
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Drug <strong>Offences</strong><br />
of which Drug trafficking: in most countries such acts are punishable as an aggravated<br />
offence (usually called 'trafficking’) if the act is not in connection with personal use<br />
of which Aggravated drug trafficking<br />
If such an offence is defined through the quantity<br />
of drugs the offender dealt with, please specify the<br />
limits (above which the offence is considered<br />
aggravated) for each of the following substance:<br />
cannabis<br />
heroin<br />
cocaine<br />
ecstasy<br />
amphetamines<br />
If such an offence is defined through the way the<br />
offender has been operating, please specify<br />
whether an offence is aggravated in case of (Y/N):<br />
organised criminal operations<br />
large monetary profits<br />
as part of terrorist activities<br />
in view of any other circumstances<br />
(please<br />
specify)<br />
The results of the trial phase can be seen in tables E.1 <strong>and</strong> E.2. They show a very<br />
good agreement with the st<strong>and</strong>ard definition for drug offences. The only exception<br />
is that in some countries possession of minor quantities of drugs is excluded<br />
from the data on convictions level due to a small quantities rule (Albania, Germany,<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s; table E.2). Limits for small quantities of drugs were in the trial phase<br />
only provided by Germany <strong>and</strong> (for Cannabis only) by the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s (table E.1).<br />
Also, only some responding countries gave information on aggravating circumstances<br />
for drug trafficking. Germany <strong>and</strong> Switzerl<strong>and</strong> also indicated substance limits<br />
for drug offences above which trafficking offences would be considered aggravated<br />
(table E.1.).<br />
Data availability turned out to be very good for drug offences: For the total of<br />
drug offences, all responding countries said that they were able to provide data on<br />
both police <strong>and</strong> convictions level. Also, all responding countries were able to provide<br />
data on drug trafficking on police level <strong>and</strong> four out of six also on aggravated<br />
drug trafficking. On convictions level, data on trafficking was available for six out<br />
of seven countries as well as for aggravated drug trafficking.
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