Launch: EU Drug Markets – MDMA

An EUDA-Europol webinar

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Objective

This webinar provides an overview of the European MDMA market, from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. The speakers will discuss the materials, processes and players involved at different stages and levels of the market, as well as the products present on the market and how they have evolved over the last few years. Key issues will be defined and recommendations for action at EU and Member State level will be provided.

  • Launch of the EU Drug Market - MDMA module

Background

This webinar is dedicated to the MDMA module of the EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis report, the fourth comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union from the EMCDDA and Europol. This is the last module of the analysis.

Speakers:

  • Rita Jorge, Scientific analyst (EUDA)
  • Robert Pătrăncuş, Scientific analyst (EUDA)
  • Marianne Milligan, Research analyst (Europol)
  • João Matias, Principal scientific analyst (EUDA)

Chairperson: Teodora Groshkova, Head of sector (ad interim), Crime, markets and precursors (EUDA)

Format: Opening remarks, panellists’ presentations, Q&A. 

Speakers will cover:

  • How the MDMA market came to be and how and where MDMA is produced
  • Distribution and trafficking of MDMA: from the EU to the world
  • Criminal networks and crime-as-a-service
  • The MDMA retail market in the EU: who consumes it, how and why?

Length: 90 minutes (including Q&A session)

Participants: The webinar is open to all upon registration, after which the person will receive a link to connect.

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Date: 27 March 2025 | 10.00–11.30 Lisbon time (Lisbon) 11.00–12.30 (The Hague) 

Platform: Zoom

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