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The Regional Report on the Drug Situation in Central Asia
All four countries of Central Asia that are the subject of this report (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) are situated on the “Northern Route” of heroin and opiate smuggling to the Russian Federation and further to the European Union. Thus, all the countries of Central Asia are at high risk of drug spillage, facilitating drug use and related disorders in the national populations.
Indeed, the level of detected crimes remains relatively high, although there is a slightly decreasing trend observed in the long run in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan and the situation is stable in Tajikistan. The highest relative number of detected drug-related criminal offences in 2017 was reported in Kazakhstan (4.7 per 10 thousand inhabitants) and the lowest in Tajikistan (0.9 per 10 thousand inhabitants).
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