Heroin and cocaine have all but disappeared from the domestic market – down 1 and 2 points respectively since the 2021 iteration of the Global Organized Crime Index. The most popular drug is now cannabis, which can be found almost everywhere in Ukraine. However, synthetic drugs are on the rise and their impact is comparatively more pronounced, as evidenced by the high score for this market (8.0) in the 2023 Index, a dramatic increase from its 2021 score of 3.50. This increase of 4.50 points is particularly alarming when viewed alongside the continental average for Europe, where the synthetic drug trade increased by 0.40 between 2021 and 2023.







