Convicted, sanctioned and acquitted persons with an enacted court act regarding drug-related crimes reported by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (2011 – 2025)

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Persons regarding Prosecutor acts submitted to the court for drug-related crimes over the period 2011 – 2025

Classification under the Penal Code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total number	2373	2479	2723	2515	2704	3033	3183	3229	3651	3788	4292	3674	4278	4369	4750
Art. 242 (total)	28	76	53	63	72	59	73	51	48	41	48	70	51	39	55
Art. 242, para. 2	11	36	21		25	36	35	30	36	18	33	58	37	30	46
Art. 242, para. 3	0	0	6		6	0	3	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	1
Art. 242, para. 4	16	40	25		40	23	35	20	12	19	13	11	13	9	8
Art. 242, para. 9	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a – 354c (total)	2345	2403	2670	2452	2632	2974	3110	3178	3603	3747	4244	3604	4227	4330	4695
Art. 354a (total)	2158	2197	2469		2462	2839	2970	3076	3480	3620	4076	3491	4101	4224	4563
Art. 354a, para. 1	457	472	486		553	557	627	622	754	753	827	715	789	780	787
Art. 354a, para. 2	160	205	229		144	135	200	177	203	219	255	191	263	231	227
Art. 354a, para. 3	966	921	1042		992	1215	1152	1257	1386	1409	1536	1313	1544	1560	1689
Art. 354a, para. 4	0	1	0		1	0	1	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a, para. 5	575	598	712		772	932	990	949	1137	1239	1458	1272	1505	1653	1860
Art. 354b	2	2	3		3	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	2	0
Art. 354c (total)	185	204	198		167	135	140	102	122	124	167	112	122	104	132
Art. 354c, para. 1	140	170	178		146	118	123	96	101	108	150	96	104	90	110
Art. 354c, para. 2	2	5	0		0	0	7	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	7
Art. 354c, para. 3	5	3	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0
Art. 354c, para. 5	38	26	16		21	17	10	6	20	16	14	11	14	14	15

Convicted and sanctioned persons with an enacted court act regarding drug-related crimes reported by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria over the period 2011 – 2025

Classification under the Penal Code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total number	1994	2022	2238	2183	2249	2739	2869	2911	3324	3344	3904	3426	4041	4073	4542
Art. 242 (total)	37	42	47	46	45	82	60	36	44	34	48	57	47	43	52
Art. 242, para. 2	11	26	23		252	41	33	22	35	18	37	45	38	35	43
Art. 242, para. 3	0	0	6		67	2	3	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	1
Art. 242, para. 4	25	16	18		16	39	24	14	8	13	9	10	9	6	7
Art. 242, para. 9	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Art. 354a – 354c (total)	1957	1980	2191	2137	2204	2657	2809	2875	3280	3310	3856	3369	3994	4030	4490
Art. 354a (total)	1809	1813	1991		2052	2537	2674	2770	3167	3196	3729	3258	3868	3936	4378
Art. 354a, para. 1	398	350	442		450	491	580	558	694	699	813	711	739	741	782
Art. 354a, para. 2	126	129	123		96	107	148	127	159	145	173	117	179	194	189
Art. 354a, para. 3	829	806	815		813	1122	1041	1108	1223	1213	1347	1215	1385	1309	1539
Art. 354a, para. 4	3	0	0		0	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a, para. 5	453	528	611		693	817	905	900	1091	1139	1396	1215	1565	1692	1868
Art. 354b	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	2	2	2
Art. 354c (total)	146	167	199		150	120	135	105	112	111	123	111	124	92	110
Art. 354c, para. 1	107	138	166		127	106	124	92	91	98	110	100	102	79	94
Art. 354c, para. 2	2	0	0		0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Art. 354c, para. 3	4	0	8		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	3
Art. 354c, para. 5	33	29	25		22	14	10	11	20	13	13	11	17	10	12

Acquitted persons with an enacted court act regarding drug-related crimes reported by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria over the period 2011 – 2025

Classification under the Penal Code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total number	39	41	53	58	47	58	50	37	38	31	48	50	32	45	47
Art. 242 (total)	1	0	6	2	5	2	3	2	1	1	3	4	2	3	4
Art. 242, para. 2	1	0	3		2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Art. 242, para. 3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Art. 242, para. 4	0	0	3		3	0	3	1	0	1	2	4	1	3	3
Art. 354a – 354c (total)	38	41	47	56	42	56	47	35	37	30	45	46	30	42	43
Art. 354a (total)	34	36	43		32	54	46	32	32	30	45	41	25	37	38
Art. 354a, para. 1	2	5	6		7	13	11	5	8	3	10	15	9	12	11
Art. 354a, para. 2	1	4	7		2	5	3	0	1	1	3	4	3	4	4
Art. 354a, para. 3	13	15	9		7	10	14	11	5	7	13	8	6	10	11
Art. 354a, para. 4	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a, para. 5	18	12	21		16	26	18	12	18	19	19	14	7	11	12
Art. 354b	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0
Art. 354c (total)	3	5	4		9	2	1	3	5	0	0	5	5	5	5
Art. 354c, para. 1	3	3	4		7	1	1	3	5	0	0	4	5	5	5
Art. 354c, para. 2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Art. 354c, para. 5	0	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0