Důsledky pandemie COVID-19 na pašování drog a jejich konzumaci
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smuggling of drugs and their consumption

Summary/Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the whole world, causing a number of problems to which all countries had to respond in order to minimise its impact and further spread. The affected areas covered virtually all spheres of society, including the restriction or suspension of many routine activities and undertakings. Since the pandemic had very significant consequences on work and the free movement of the people, as well as on passenger or freight transport, its impact was also reflected in the changed situation with respect to the production, smuggling and use of all narcotics. The article thoroughly analyses some specific problems caused by this pandemic, with special emphasis on its impacts, which gradually began to manifest in the pandemic period, and which are directly or indirectly related to security aspects especially organized crime. In this context, the importance of the analysis of captured drug samples aimed at their detection and identification is discussed, which, among other things, makes it possible to obtain information on the production technology of these substances and their precursors, including their countries or regions of origin (see the research task carried out at the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague „Elemental characterization of microscopes and narcotic and psychotropic substances by nuclear analytical methods“).

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