var _countries=new Array();
_countries[0]="Afghanistan
Source countryMain drug: Opium / heroin
Also: Cannabis resin
"
+ "\"
Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer\"
*"
+ "4,200
tons opium production, 2004"
+ "87%
of world opium production, 2004"
+ "500
tons of potential heroin production, 2004"
+ "10%
of population involved in opium cultivation"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[1]="Iran
Transit countryMain drug: Opium / heroin
"
+ "
\"
The bulk of Afghan opiates are exported via Pakistan and Iran to Turkey\"
*"
+ "97.5
tons of opium seized in 2003"
+ "73%
of world opium seizures, 2003"
+ "16
tons of heroin seized in 2003"
+ "17%
of world heroin seizures, 2003"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[2]="Pakistan
Source and transit countryMain drug: Opium/ heroin
Also: Cannabis resin
"
+ "\"
The bulk of Afghan opiates are exported via Pakistan and Iran to Turkey\"
*"
+ "40
tons opium production, 2004"
+ "5.8
tons of opium seized in 2003"
+ "34
tons of heroin seized in 2003"
+ "35%
of world heroin seizures, 2003"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[3]="Turkey
Processing and transit countryMain drug: Heroin"
+ "
\"
Criminal groups of Turkish /Kurdish origins play a significant role in shipments of opiates from Turkey to Western Europe\"
*"
+ "14.7
tons of heroin seized in 2004"
+ "158%
increase in seizures, 2003-2004"
+ "30%
of Europe's heroin seizures, 2004"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[4]="Netherlands
Source and transit countryMain drugs: Cannabis, ecstasy, amphetamines, cocaine"
+ "
\"
Most of the cocaine destined for Europe enters through Spain or the Netherlands\"
*"
+ "17.5
tons of cocaine seizures, 2003"
+ "4%
of world cocaine seizures, 2003"
+ "1.2
tons of ecstasy seized in 2003"
+ "28%
of world ecstasy seizures, 2003
"
+ "*UNODC";
_countries[5]="Belgium
Source countryMain drugs: Ecstasy, amphetamines"
+ "
\"
The Netherlands and Belgium remain the most important ecstasy source countries\"
*"
+ "23%
of countries named it as source of ecstasy*"
+ "58,278
ecstasy tablets seized in 2003"
+ "24%
of countries named it as source of amphetamine*"
+ "* Among countries responding to UN survey 2003
"
+ "
*UNODC
";
_countries[6]="Spain
Transit countryMain drugs: Cocaine, cannabis"
+ "
\"
Majority of the UK’s cocaine comes via Spain and the near continent\"
*"
+ "49
tons of cocaine seized in 2003 "
+ "10%
of world cocaine seizures, 2003"
+ "727
tons of cannabis resin seized in 2003"
+ "53%
of world cannabis resin seizures,2003"
+ "*HM Revenue and Customs
";
_countries[7]="Morocco
Source countryMain drug: Cannabis"
+ "
\"
Morocco supplies 80% of the resin consumed in Europe\"
*"
+ "2,760
tons estimated cannabis resin production in 2004"
+ "96
tons of cannabis resin seized in 2003"
+ "7%
of world cannabis resin seizures"
+ "* UNODC 2005
";
_countries[8]="Nigeria
Source and transit countryMain drug: CannabisAlso: Cocaine"
+ "
\"
New trends in cocaine trafficking include the rising importance of shipments through Western Africa to Europe\"
*"
+ "535
tons of cannabis leaf seized in 2003"
+ "39%
of world cannabis leaf seizures, 2003"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[9]="Colombia
Source countryMain drug: CocaineAlso: Opium"
+ "
\"
Most of the world’s cocaine is produced in just three countries: Colombia, followed by Peru and Bolivia\"
*"
+ "50%
of world coca cultivation, 2004"
+ "390
tons of potential cocaine production, 2004"
+ "145
tons of cocaine seized in 2003"
+ "29%
of world cocaine seizures, 2003"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[10]="Peru
Source countryMain drug: Cocaine"
+ "
\"
Most of the world’s cocaine is produced in just three countries: Colombia, followed by Peru and Bolivia\"
*"
+ "32%
of world coca cultivation, 2004"
+ "190
tons of potential cocaine production, 2004"
+ "8
tons of cocaine seized in 2003"
+ "2%
of world cocaine seizures, 2003"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[11]="Bolivia
Source countryMain drug: Cocaine"
+ "
\"
Most of the world’s cocaine is produced in just three countries: Colombia, followed by Peru and Bolivia\"
*"
+ "18%
of world coca cultivation, 2004"
+ "107
tons of potential cocaine production, 2004"
+ "13
tons of cocaine seized in 2003"
+ "3%
of world cocaine seizures, 2003"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[12]="Jamaica
Transit and source countryMain drugs: Cannabis, cocaine"
+ "
\"
Jamaica and several other Caribbean countries are routes for drug smuggling by air, often by couriers\"
*"
+ "1.5
tons of cocaine seized in 2003"
+ "6%
of countries named it as a source of cannabis resin**"
+ "* UNODC"
+ "
** Among countries responding to UN survey 2003
";
_countries[13]="Poland and Czech Republic
Source countriesMain drug: Amphetamine"
+ "
\"
The main source countries for amphetamine are the Netherlands, Poland and Belgium… Methamphetamine in Europe is largely limited to the Czech Republic\"
*"
+ "43%
of European countries named Poland as a source of amphetamines"
+ "9%
of European countries named Czech Republic as a source of amphetamines
"
+ "Among countries responding to UN survey 2003
"
+ "*UNODC
";
_countries[14]="South Africa, Gambia and Ghana
Source countries Main drug: Cannabis"
+ "
\"
The Netherlands supplies most of the UK’s imported cannabis leaf but these countries also feature as sources.\"
*"
+ "33
tons of cannabis leaf seized in South Africa in 2003"
+ "* HM Revenue & Customs
";
_countries[15]="UK
Source countryMain drug: Cannabis leaf"
+ "
\"
Domestically produced cannabis currently accounts for over 50% of the UK market\"
*"
+ "21
tons of cocaine seized in 2003/04**"
+ "1.6
tons of heroin seized in 2003/04"
+ "1.2
tons of ecstasy seized in 2003/04"
+ "58
tons of cannabis seized in 2003/04"
+ "*Independent Drugs Monitoring Unit"
+ "
**All UK seizure figures are from HM Revenue and Customs
";
_countries[100]="Introduction"
+ "Drug traffickers operate in almost every country in the world but there are some particularly well worn routes from areas which produce drugs to markets where demand is high.
"
+ "This map aims to show the main routes to the UK, rather than all the world’s routes.
"
+ "Click on the drug names to see the routes, then click on individual countries to find out more about drug production or trafficking there.
"
+ "Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drugs Report 2005, unless otherwise stated
";