Publications database

This page examines the main methamphetamine production methods used in Europe including BMK methods, ephedrine/pseudoephedrine methods, as well as the environmental damage caused by methamphetamine production. This resource is part of EU...

‘EU Drug Market: Methamphetamine’ describes the European methamphetamine market from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. It details the processes, materials and players involved at different stages and levels of the...

This page examines how the role of criminal networks in the methamphetamine market in the EU, including logistics and parallel business, modi operandi, the use of postal systems and parcel services, as...

This report provides a technical review of the current body of knowledge regarding new benzodiazepines that are monitored by the EU Early Warning System. The aims of this report are to strengthen...

Iran is a key transhipment point for illicit drugs along the Balkan and Southern trafficking routes and this report examines the threats posed by its potential emergence as a transhipment point for...

In this update from the the EU Early Warning System aims to provide insights into what is happening with new psychoactive substances in Europe, based on data from the agency’s early warning...

This paper provides an analysis of the available data that suggest that a methamphetamine industry is rapidly being established in Afghanistan. The analysis provided is based on information from key informants, documentary...

The EU Drug Markets Report 2019 is the third comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union by the EMCDDA and Europol. A more recent version of this publication is...

This paper describes the significant developments that have occurred in the last 5 to 10 years in the field of drug precursors related to synthetic stimulant drugs produced in the EU. This...

This short publication presents the main highlights from the EU Drug Markets Report 2019, targeting policy and practice.