EU barrier model 'shipment of synthetic drugs via postal and courier services'

Drug criminals abuse regular postal and courier services. They use these services to ship drugs to their customers. The Dutch Centrum voor Criminaliteitspreventie en Veiligheid (the CCV) has mapped the modus operandi of these criminals with various public and private parties in order to put up barriers and counter the abuse.

Whoever sells drugs must ensure that the drugs reach the customer. This can be done, for example, by handing it over directly or by sending it on. In particular, when drugs are bought over the internet (or darknet), the drugs will be sent by post or through a courier service. This means that this illegal flow of goods goes through the legal flow of goods, often without the knowledge of (employees of) postal and courier companies. 

To counter abuse of regular postal and courier services, the European Network on the Administrative Approach (ENAA) and the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) asked CCV to provide insight into the modus operandi of drug criminals with a barrier model.

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