{"id":6890,"date":"2024-05-31T09:58:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T09:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=6890"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:07:40","slug":"penalties-imposed-in-proceedings-regarding-drug-related-crimes-reported-by-the-prosecutors-office-of-the-republic-of-bulgaria-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/penalties-imposed-in-proceedings-regarding-drug-related-crimes-reported-by-the-prosecutors-office-of-the-republic-of-bulgaria-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Penalties imposed in proceedings regarding drug-related crimes reported by the Prosecutor\u2019s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Prevalence of psychoactive substance use<br>Prevalence of medication use<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-use-last-data\/\">Prevalence of drug use<\/a><br>Drug prevention<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/treatment-supply-related-to-drug-use-trends\/\">Treatment supply<\/a><br>Treatment demand<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/health-consequences-of-drug-use\/\">Health consequences<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/harm-reduction-of-drug-use-last\/\">Harm reduction<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-related-crimes\/\">Drug-related crimes<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-market\/\">Drug market<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-use-and-prison\/\">Drug use and prison<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/monitoring-of-the-press-publications-about-drugs-and-drug-addiction-2023\/\">Monitoring of publications<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/attitudes-to-legal-framework-changes-in-the-field-of-drug-and-drug-addiction\/\">Attitudes to legal framework changes<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prb.bg\/en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"739\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Prosecutors-Office-EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Prosecutors-Office-EN.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Prosecutors-Office-EN-300x59.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/penalties-imposed-in-proceedings-regarding-drug-related-crimes-reported-by-the-prosecutors-office-of-the-republic-of-bulgaria-in-2022\/\">Data for 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:15px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Classification under the Penal Code<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Number of penalties<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Imprisonments<\/strong> <strong>(effective sentences)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Conditional sentences<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Probation<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fine<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Other penalties<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total number<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>5387<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>878<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1561<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>43<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2589<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>316<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Art. 242 (total)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>78<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>29<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>18<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>26<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 242, para. 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">64<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">23<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">21<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 242, para. 3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 242, para. 4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">14<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Art. 354a (total)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>5134<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>830<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1454<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>39<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2503<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>308<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354a, para. 1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1084<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">239<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">482<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">319<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">28<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354a, para. 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">279<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">115<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">64<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">96<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354a, para. 3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2012<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">461<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">806<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">21<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">580<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">144<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354a, para. 5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1759<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">102<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1508<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">132<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Art. 354b<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Art. 354c (total)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>173<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>18<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>88<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>60<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354c, para. 1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">142<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">81<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">42<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354c, para. 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354c, para. 3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art. 354c, para. 5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">21<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">13<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source: Supreme Prosecutor\u2019s Office<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Classification under the Penal Code Number of penalties Imprisonments (effective sentences) Conditional sentences Probation Fine Other penalties Total number 5387 878 1561 43 2589 316 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