Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen

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Drug Offences
drug trafficking via the quantity. For all countries, the quantities listed in table E.5
are very much higher than the ones listed in table E.4. Only few countries seem to
define their drug offences mainly via the quantity, therefore having both a small
and a large quantity limit (Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine).
Again, the limit is subject to strong variation between countries, for cannabis between
30 g (Cyprus) and 10,000 g (Denmark), for heroin between 1 g (Latvia,
Ukraine) and 25 g (Denmark). Lithuania and Ukraine even have different quantity
limits for large and very large quantities.
Table E.5: Lower limits for aggravated drug trafficking
Cannabis Heroin Cocaine Ecstasy Amphetamines
Austria 20 g THC 3 g 15 g 30 g 10 g
Cyprus 30 g 10 g 10 g 20 g /
85 tablets
20 g
Czech
Rep.
7.5 g THC 1.5 g 5 g 24 g 10 g
Denmark 10,000 g 25 g 25 g 150 – 200
tablets
50 g
Estonia large quanti- large quanti- large quanti- large quanti- large quantitiestiestiestiesties
Finland 1,000 g 15 g 30 g 300 tablets 100 g
Germany 7.5 g THC 1.5 g 5 g 35 g 10 g amphetamine
base
Latvia 500 g 1 g 1 g … …
Lithuania 500 g /
2,500 g
2 g / 10 g 20 g / 100 g 20 g / 100 g 20 g / 100 g
Russia 100 g 2.5 g 5 g 2.5 g 1 g
Switzerland
… 12 g 18 g … 36 g
Ukraine 40 g / 500 g 1 g / 10 g 1 g / 15 g … …