Laboratories of Synthetic Drugs —Criminological Aspects of Drug Production in Poland
Laboratories of Synthetic Drugs —Criminological Aspects of Drug Production in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents an analysis of the synthetic drug production sector, based on the most recent reports from, amongothers, the Police Central Bureau of Investigation (CBŚP), the National Centre for Prevention of Addictions, the European Union DrugAgency (EUDA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Modern trends in the production of synthetic drugswere described compared to Europe, particularly those involving amphetamine, methamphetamine, synthetic cathinones, andsynthetic opioids. Changes in the number of laboratories dismantled by the CBŚP and statistics on convictions for drug productionhave also been analysed. The paper further discusses the scale of criminal activity related to drug production, highlighting thetechnological and organisational evolution of illegal laboratories and their impact on the drug market. The most notoriousexamples of laboratories shut down by the CBŚP in 2024 are also presented, illustrating the perpetrators’ modus operandi and thecurrent as well as the required international cooperation in combatting drug-related crime.

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