Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen

Drug Offences 93
Table E.3.1: Results for the final definition of drug offences – part 1
Cultivation Production Sale Supplying
pol. conv. pol. conv. pol. conv. pol. conv.
stats. stats. stats. stats. stats. stats. stats. stats.
Albania + + + + + + + +
Armenia + + + + + + + +
Austria + + + + + + + +
Belgium + + + + + + + +
Bulgaria + + + + + + + +
Croatia + + + + + + + +
Cyprus + + + + + + + +
Czech Rep. + + + + + + + +
Denmark + + + + + + + +
Estonia + + + + + + + +
Finland + + + + + + + +
Georgia + + + + + + + +
Germany + + + + + + + +
Greece + + + + + + + +
Hungary + + + + + + + +
Iceland + + + + + + + +
Ireland + + + + + + + +
Italy + + + + + + + +
Latvia + + + + + + + +
Lithuania + + + + + + + +
Netherlands + + + + + + + +
Poland + + + + + + + +
Portugal + + + + + + + +
Russia + + + + + + + +
Slovakia + ... + ... + ... + ...
Sweden + + + + + + + +
Switzerland + + + + + + + +
Turkey + + + + + + + +
Ukraine + + + + + + + +
UK: E. & W. + + + + + + + +
UK: N. Irel. + + + + + + + +
UK: Scotl. + + + + + + + +
Data evaluation shows that the definition for the total of drug offences is quite
uniform between countries. All responding countries reported that they were able
to include cultivation, production, sale, supplying, transportation and exportation
in their data (tables E.3.1 and E.3.2). Importation was only excluded by Sweden for
smuggling cases, since these are covered by a different legal rule there. Possession
of larger quantities of drugs was also only excluded by one country, Portugal (table
E.3.3). The Portuguese correspondent added the remark that this refers only to pos-