REPORTE MUNDIAL DE DROGAS - LIBRO NRO 3: SUMINISTRO DE DROGAS

WORLD DRUG REPORT 2020
DRUG SUPPLY
Fig. 16 Global quantities of amphetamine-type
stimulants seized, 1998–2018
Kilogram equivalents
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Not specified and other ATS
"Ecstasy"
Amphetamine
Methamphetamine
2016
2018
Source: UNODC, responses to the annual report questionnaire.
amphetamine (21 per cent) and “ecstasy” (5 per
cent). The rest (3 per cent) of seized ATS included
former synthetic new psychoactive substances such
as mephedrone, MDPV or methylone (0.4 per cent
of the total).
While the number of countries reporting seizures
of “ecstasy” declined slightly, from 109 countries in
the period 2004–2008 to 100 countries in the period
2014–2018, the number of countries reporting seizures
of amphetamine increased from 85 to 97 in
that same time. Those reporting seizures of methamphetamine
increased by more than 50 per cent,
from 69 to 105 countries, which suggests that there
has been a significant increase in the geographical
spread of methamphetamine trafficking at the global
level.
Nonetheless, seizures of methamphetamine remain
highly concentrated: the three countries responsible
for most of the methamphetamine seized worldwide
in 2018 (the United States, Thailand and Mexico)
Fig. 17 Distribution of the average annual quantity of amphetamine-type stimulants seized, by
subregion, 2014–2018
100% 100%
Percentage
Percentage
75% 75%
50% 50%
25% 25%
0% 0%
North America (85 tons)
North America (85 tons)
Central America (3 tons)
Central America (3 tons)
South America (1 ton)
South America (1 ton)
Caribbean (3 kg)
Caribbean (3 kg)
East and
South-East Asia (74 tons)
East and
South-East Asia (74 tons)
Near and Middle East/
South-West Asia (31 tons)
Near and Middle East/
South-West Asia (31 tons)
Source: UNODC, responses to the annual report questionnaire.
South Asia (2 tons)
South Asia (2 tons)
Central Asia and
Transcaucasia (0.02 tons)
Central Asia and
Transcaucasia (0.02 tons)
Western and
Central Europe (11 tons)
Western and
Central Europe (11 tons)
South-Eastern
Europe (7 tons)
South-Eastern
Europe (7 tons)
Eastern Europe (2 ton)
Eastern Europe (2 ton)
Oceania (11 tons)
Oceania (11 tons)
Africa (9 tons)
Africa (9 tons)
Global (238 tons)
Global (238 tons)
Americas Asia Asia Europe Europe Oceania Oceania Africa Africa Global Global
Methamphetamine Amphetamine "Ecstasy"-type substances
Other Other and and non-specified ATS ATS
Prescription stimulants
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