Primary drug crime in the Liberec region and its prevention

Primary drug crime in the Liberec region and its prevention Abstract This diploma thesis focuses on the issue of primary drug crime in the Czech Republic, focusing on the Liberec Region. It addresses the phenomenon of the high latency of this type of crime, which causes a significant discrepancy between official police statistics and the actual state of the drug situation in the region. While official data from the Police of the Czech Republic rank the Liberec Region among areas with a slightly below-average rate of registered drug crime, available official regional sources indicate it as one of the most affected regions in the country. One of the biggest problems in the region is the production of methamphetamine, amplified by the proximity to Poland and the resulting easy availability of precursors for the production of this drug. The thesis employs a legal analysis of the constituent elements of criminal acts under sections 283-287 of the Czech Criminal Code, supplemented by a comparison with the prepared amendments to the Criminal Code, effective from 2026, concerning drug offences. The Czech legislation is subsequently compared with the legal regulation of drug offences in selected European countries through legal comparison. Furthermore, a statistical analysis of data from the Police of the Czech...