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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11525

6 April 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Drug trafficking remains lucrative

Brussels, 05/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - The 2016 EU drug markets report, presented on Tuesday 5 April by the European Commission, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol, estimates that Europeans spend at least €24 billion on illicit drugs each year “making it one of the main profit-generating activities for organised criminals in Europe”.

The drugs market is worth, in general terms “one fifth of the profits of global organised crime”, said...

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