Eurojust's drug-related case numbers rose by 60% in just five years.

Omissions

• The 60% figure from Eurojust's Annual Report 2025 refers to the agency's TOTAL caseload (all crime types), not specifically to drug-related case numbers, which is the metric the normalized claim refers to.
• Drug trafficking cases specifically numbered nearly 1,200 in 2020 and over 2,000 in 2024 (a subset of the ~13,000 total cases in 2024), so the drug-specific change is not what the official 'almost 60%' statistic measures.
• The primary confirming source (Eurojust Annual Report 2025, published 2026) was available before the session date of 2026-07-08; the exact publication date of the Eurojust news release could not be retrieved within the search limit.
• The claim's first part (EU overtaking the US as largest cocaine market) was not assessed in this verification, which focuses solely on the Eurojust case-number statistic.

Sources

• PrimaryEurojust — News: 'Eurojust handles close to 14 000 cases in 2025: Annual Report now live!'Compared to five years ago, the agency has: Increased its caseload by almost 60%; Increased the number of joint investigations coordinated by ...
• PrimaryEurojust — Annual Report 2024, section 3.6 Drug traffickingThe Agency dealt with over 2 000 cases, more than 800 of which were newly opened in 2024. The number of JITs related to drug trafficking cases increased by 42%
• PrimaryEurojust — Annual Report 2020, section 7.4 Drug traffickingIn 2020, nearly 1 200 cases and 50 Joint Investigation Teams supported by Eurojust concerned drug trafficking, leading to the organisation of close to 90 ...
• Secondaryeucrim.eu — 'Eurojust Annual Report 2025'In 2025, Eurojust handled almost 14000 cases, representing an increase of nearly 60 % compared to 2020, when 8 799 cases were registered.
• SecondaryDrugs and Alcohol (Ireland) — 'Eurojust annual report 2024'Over the past five years, Eurojust's case workload has increased by more than 60%. In 2024 alone, the Agency handled nearly 13 000 cross-border ...