UN: Policing heroin becoming more difficult

POLICING the booming heroin trade is likely to become more difficult across Europe, a top UN report has warned.

The study said removal of trade barriers within the EU and lifting of visa requirements for countries bordering the EU would make the task even harder.

The report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said only between 2% and 16% of the world’s heroin supply — estimated at about 480 tonnes — is intercepted by law enforcement agencies.