Sweden Black Market Value: $0.4393 Billion ($439.3 Million)

World Average: $20.34 Billion

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Data on Sweden Black Market


Swedish citizens travel abroad to buy sex from children

Filed under: Europe, Humans

Swedish citizens travel abroad and buy sexual services from children around 4,000 to 5,000 times a year.

Source:  US Department of State, “Country Narratives: Sweden,” Trafficking in Persons Report 2010, June 2010.

8 percent of alcohol consumed in Sweden is smuggled

Filed under: Europe, Financial Crime

In the first half of 2009, 8 percent of all alcohol consumed in Sweden was illegally smuggled in to the country.

Source:  “Swedes drinking more smuggled liquor,” The Local, September 8, 2009.

One in ten use file sharing programs in Sweden

Approximately one in ten people used a file sharing programs in Sweden in 2008.

Source:  AFP/The Local, “File sharing reaches the masses in Sweden,” The Local, December 17, 2008.

400 to 600 women trafficked in Sweden each year

Filed under: Europe, Humans

The National Police Board in Sweden estimates that between 400 to 600 women are forced to work in the sex industry each year.

Source: Kajsa Claude, “Sweden battles human trafficking,” Sweden.SE, October 26, 2007.

Price of Marijuana in Europe

Filed under: Drug Trafficking, Europe

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Marijuana in Europe.

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Country Wholesale Price
(per kilogram
Retail Price
(per gram)
Austria 4,110.7 13
Czech Republic 6,357.9 8.2
Finland 12,332.1 24
France 3,425.6 8.2
Germany 4,521.8 11.2
Greece 630 4.1
Hungary 2,780.3 11.9
Ireland 16,442.9 6.9
Italy 1,717.7 10
Moldova NA 1.6
Netherlands NA 7.3
Poland 5,140 11.6
Romania 1,918.3 8.9
Russia 2,984.3 6.7
Spain 1,103 4.2
Sweden 9,635.3 11.5
Switzerland 4,602.5 8.4
Ukraine NA 3
United Kingdom 2,615.7 8

Source:  UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

Price of Cocaine in Europe

Filed under: Drug Trafficking, Europe

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Cocaine in Europe.

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Country Wholesale Price
(per kilogram
Retail Price
(per gram)
Austria 61,660.7 99.3
Czech Republic 93,847.6 102.8
Denmark 40,444.9 73.5
Finland 61,660.7 109.6
France 41,107.2 96.9
Germany 48,825.7 86.2
Greece 62,735 109.8
Hungary 46,674.4 80.3
Ireland 82,214.3 95.9
Italy 56,029.1 111.8
Moldova 100,000 138
Netherlands 42,408.9 58.9
Norway 61,660.7 164.4
Poland 38,538 63.7
Russia 126,481 218
Spain 46,274.3 83.2
Sweden 44,351.5 75.3
Switzerland 44,351.5 75.3
United Kingdom 74,446.7 90.5
Ukraine NA 160

Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

Price of Ecstasy in Europe

Filed under: Drug Trafficking, Europe

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Ecstasy in Europe.

Country Wholesale Price
(per thousand tablets)
Retail Price
(per tablet)
Austria 5,481 10.3
Czech Republic 5,453.5 11
Denmark 2,757.6 7.4
Finland 5,589.4 21.9
France 2,201.6 9.6
Germany 2,532.2 8.4
Greece NA 25.1
Hungary 1,510.9 6.6
Ireland NA 13.7
Italy 4,453.3 25.7
Netherlands 4,110.7 3.5
Norway 13,702.4 48
Poland 1,452.5 6.2
Russia 30,625 44.8
Spain NA 14.6
Sweden 4,028.8 14.8
Switzerland NA 16.7
Turkey 3,425.6 8.2
United Kingdom 1,829.2 6

Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

Price of Heroin in Europe

Filed under: Drug Trafficking, Europe

Price is in US Dollars and represent the typical price of Heroin in Europe

Country Wholesale Price
(per kilogram)
Retail Price
(per gram)
Austria 54,809 99.3
Czech Republic 41,449 54.8
Denmark (No.4) 64,344.2 165.5
Finland 54,809 150.7
France (No.4) 41,107 68.5
Germany 25,809.8 47.7
Greece 19,450 75.3
Hungary (No.4) 56,839 NA
Ireland 33,967 274
Italy (No.4) 52,069.1 89.2
Netherlands 16,956.7 32.9
Norway 58,235.1 239.8
Poland 20,553.6 77.4
Russia (No.4)a 39,458.3 96.9
Spain 47,670.3 85.9
Sweden 37,059 91.6
Switzerland 23,179.9 41.8
Turkey 8,564 19.9
Ukraine (No.4) 35,000 90
United Kingdom 27,163 100.6

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Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

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