Supply & Market Disruption

Supply and market disruption refers to coordinated strategies aimed at reducing the production, trafficking, distribution, and availability of illicit substances. These strategies often involve law enforcement, regulatory controls, border management, and financial investigations designed to disrupt drug trafficking networks and weaken illicit drug markets. By targeting supply chains and market dynamics, these efforts aim to reduce the availability of drugs, increase the risks and costs associated with illegal production and distribution, and contribute to broader efforts to reduce substance-related harms. Effective supply and market disruption typically operates alongside public health, prevention, treatment, and recovery responses as part of a comprehensive approach to substance use. 

The Global Trend of Stimulant Use

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Online
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Attendance
online

Stimulant use is evolving rapidly with changes in drug markets and new patterns of production and trafficking. This webinar will explore the latest global trends in the use of stimulants and provide a primer for their health and social consequences.

Time: June 17, 2025 @ 8:00AM US EST

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European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) 2025

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Lisbon
Portugal
Attendance
person

Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies

Special Focus on Synthetic Opioids

Our two week in-person Summer School (23rd of June to 04th of July 2025) prepares professionals and students to meet the complex policy challenges that face Europe and the World in the field of drugs. Teaching staff include scientific experts from the EUDA, researchers, practitioners and policymakers.

The changing DNA of serious and organised crime

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Europol’s EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) 2025, published today, reveals how the very DNA of crime is shifting – reshaping the tactics, tools and structures employed by criminal networks. The EU-SOCTA offers one...

14th Illicit Networks Workshop

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Leiden
Netherlands
Attendance
person

The 14th edition of the Illicit Network Workshop will be hosted by Leiden University on December 9-10, directly following the annual meeting of the Child Sexual Abuse Reduction Research Network in Leiden from December 5-6. Workshop participants may want to attend both events. The city of Leiden is conveniently located at a 15 minute train ride from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.