Box 11 OL: Definitions of ‘reports for drug law offences’ in the EU countries and Norway | |
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Belgium | Persons involved in cases of illicit drugs reported by the police |
Denmark | Charges for violations of drug laws |
Germany | All offences under Narcotic Law |
Greece | Arrests (caught by the police); initial reports of individuals suspected of drug law offences |
Spain | Offences related to illicit drug dealing and trafficking according to the penal code |
France | Reports by law enforcement agencies for violation of drug laws |
Ireland | Drug offences where proceedings commenced (charges) and where the offence is classifiable by type of drug |
Italy | Persons referred to the Judicial Authority for drug law offences |
Luxembourg | Arrests for presumed offences against the 1973 drug law |
Netherlands | Reports of offences against the Opium Act |
Austria | Reports to the police for violations of the Narcotic (Drug) Substances Act |
Portugal | Presumed offenders arrested by the police for suspected drug-related offences |
Finland | Drug offences recorded by the police |
Sweden | Suspected of offences against the Narcotic Drugs Act or the Goods Smuggling Act |
UK | Persons found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug law offences |
Norway | Cases investigated and persons charged with drug crimes |