In 2024 alone, EU member states reported over 1.5 million drug-related crimes.

Omissions

• No source directly reporting the EU-wide figure for drug-related crimes in 2024 was retrieved within the search limit; the closest corroborating figures are approximately 1.5 million drug offences in the EU in 2020 and 1.2 million drug seizures in the EU in 2023 (EUDA European Drug Report 2025).
• The 2024-specific estimate would normally appear in the European Drug Report 2026 (published June 2026) or in Eurostat crime statistics for 2024, neither of which could be retrieved before the search limit was reached.
• The EUDA figure of 1.2 million seizures (2023) is a different metric (drug seizures) from reported drug-related crimes, so it supports the general scale of the phenomenon but not the exact claim.
• The sources found cover earlier reference periods (2020, 2023), so the claim's precise year (2024) and its 'over 1.5 million' lower bound remain unverified.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) — European Drug Report 2025: Drug supply, production and precursorsAn estimated 1.2 million seizures were reported in 2023 in the European Union, with cannabis products being the most frequently seized.
• PrimaryEurostat — Crime statistics (Statistics Explained)In 2024, police has recorded 3 953 intentional homicides in the EU, compared with the previous year, the figure increased 1.4% (Figure 1).
• AcademicFlore (Università degli Studi di Firenze) repository — book by Rossi & Trovato on cannabis useIn 2020, around 1.5 million drug offences were reported in the EU. Cannabis accounted for more than three-quarters of offences involving use...