{"id":6879,"date":"2024-06-25T14:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=6879"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:27:03","slug":"drug-related-crimes-registered-and-detected-by-the-ministry-of-interior-in-bulgaria-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-related-crimes-registered-and-detected-by-the-ministry-of-interior-in-bulgaria-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug-related crimes registered and detected by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prevalence of psychoactive substance use
Prevalence of medication use
Prevalence of drug use<\/a>
Drug prevention
Treatment supply<\/a>
Treatment demand
Health consequences<\/a>
Harm reduction<\/a>
Drug-related crimes<\/a>
Drug market<\/a>
Drug use and prison<\/a>
Monitoring of publications<\/a>
Attitudes to legal framework changes<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Data for 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Total number of drug-related crimes registered by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria in 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classification under the Penal Code<\/strong><\/td>Art. 242,
para. 2-3<\/strong><\/td>		Art. 354\u0430<\/strong><\/td>Art. 354b<\/strong><\/td>Art. 354c<\/strong><\/td>Total number<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Registered crimes (total)<\/strong><\/td>13<\/strong><\/td>5405<\/strong><\/td>10<\/strong><\/td>255<\/strong><\/td>5683<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
of which:<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
with unknown offender<\/td>9<\/td>3279<\/td>10<\/td>220<\/td>3518<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in public places<\/td>2<\/td>3144<\/td>4<\/td>26<\/td>3176<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a district centre\/city<\/td>2<\/td>4667<\/td>9<\/td>87<\/td>4765<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a village<\/td>0<\/td>513<\/td>1<\/td>82<\/td>596<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
outside populated areas<\/td>2<\/td>177<\/td>0<\/td>54<\/td>233<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a villa area<\/td>0<\/td>15<\/td>0<\/td>2<\/td>17<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a border area<\/td>3<\/td>5<\/td>0<\/td>30<\/td>38<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
at the border crossing<\/td>6<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>8<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Art. 242, para. 2-3 – contraband of drugs
Art. 354\u0430 – production, possession, distribution, transportation of drugs
Art. 354b – persuasion or assistance to other people to use drugs
Art. 354c – planting or cultivation of narcotic plants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Drug-related crimes detected by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria in 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classification under the Penal Code<\/strong><\/td>Art. 242,
para. 2-3<\/strong><\/td>		Art. 354\u0430<\/strong><\/td>Art. 354b<\/strong><\/td>Art. 354c<\/strong><\/td>Total number<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Detected crimes (total)<\/strong><\/td>10<\/strong><\/td>4917<\/strong><\/td>7<\/strong><\/td>182<\/strong><\/td>5116<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
of which:<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
in public places<\/td>2<\/td>4714<\/td>6<\/td>43<\/td>4765<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a district centre\/city<\/td>0<\/td>1593<\/td>4<\/td>43<\/td>1640<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a village<\/td>0<\/td>416<\/td>1<\/td>52<\/td>469<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
outside populated areas<\/td>2<\/td>145<\/td>0<\/td>16<\/td>163<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a villa area<\/td>0<\/td>12<\/td>0<\/td>1<\/td>13<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in a border area<\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>2<\/td>7<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
at the border crossing<\/td>4<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>6<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
committed by:<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
females<\/td>2<\/td>533<\/td>0<\/td>20<\/td>555<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Bulgarian citizens<\/td>10<\/td>4938<\/td>7<\/td>182<\/td>5137<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
foreign citizens<\/td>5<\/td>88<\/td>0<\/td>7<\/td>100<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
minors (under 14 years of age)<\/td>0<\/td>15<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
juveniles (aged 14 – 17)<\/td>0<\/td>524<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>529<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
aged 18 – 30 <\/td>4<\/td>2198<\/td>2<\/td>47<\/td>2251<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
aged 31 – 40 <\/td>4<\/td>1563<\/td>3<\/td>63<\/td>1633<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
over 40 years of age<\/td>2<\/td>722<\/td>0<\/td>78<\/td>802<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
unemployed<\/td>1<\/td>1216<\/td>3<\/td>45<\/td>1264<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
do not study or work<\/td>0<\/td>15<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td>15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
students<\/td>1<\/td>307<\/td>1<\/td>6<\/td>315<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
illiterate<\/td>2<\/td>1655<\/td>0<\/td>56<\/td>1713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
with primary school<\/td>0<\/td>122<\/td>1<\/td>6<\/td>129<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
with primary level of education<\/td>1<\/td>323<\/td>0<\/td>9<\/td>333<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
with secondary level of education<\/td>1<\/td>532<\/td>0<\/td>47<\/td>580<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
with higher education<\/td>0<\/td>54<\/td>0<\/td>6<\/td>60<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
with previous convictions<\/td>2<\/td>2021<\/td>3<\/td>70<\/td>2096<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
alcohol intoxicated<\/strong> <\/td>0<\/strong><\/td>33<\/strong><\/td>0<\/strong><\/td>0<\/strong><\/td>33<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
with drug use<\/strong><\/td>1<\/strong><\/td>620<\/strong><\/td>0<\/strong><\/td>7<\/strong><\/td>628<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
individually committed<\/td>10<\/td>4730<\/td>6<\/td>162<\/td>4908<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
in complicity committed<\/td>0<\/td>187<\/td>1<\/td>20<\/td>208<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Detected crimes from the registered crimes in 2023 (total)<\/strong><\/td>9<\/strong><\/td>4376<\/strong><\/td>8<\/strong><\/td>140<\/strong><\/td>4533<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
of which: with unknown offender<\/td>5<\/td>2481<\/td>8<\/td>112<\/td>2606<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Source: Ministry of Interior.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prevalence of psychoactive substance usePrevalence of medication usePrevalence of drug useDrug preventionTreatment supplyTreatment demandHealth consequencesHarm reductionDrug-related crimesDrug marketDrug use and prisonMonitoring of publicationsAttitudes to legal framework changes Data for 2022 Total number of drug-related crimes registered by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria in 2023 Classification under the Penal Code Art. 242,para. 2-3 Art. 354\u0430 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,86],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6879"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7861,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6879\/revisions\/7861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}