Denmark, which has several large multinational chemical companies, has monitoring procedures in place to prohibit the availability of chemical precursors to producers of illicit narcotics. Country Action Against Drugs in 1995 Policy Initiatives. Recently passed laws and increased funding to implement the European Union's Directive on Money Laundering have increased the effectiveness of long-established transparency procedures in Danish financial institutions. Denmark's task force that monitors the distribution of precursor chemicals has reported no infractions of the requirements of the 1988 UN Convention goals for stemming the illicit trade in precursor chemicals. Denmark provides training, financing, and coordination assistance in interdiction to each of the Baltic States, especially Lithuania.
Danish law permits the seizure of proceeds from criminal activities in drug-related cases.
Assets are turned over to the State Treasury and are not available for use by law enforcement authorities, or to share with other countries. Denmark has been an active participant in international cooperation efforts on chemical precursors, out of concern that its advanced domestic chemical industry be misused. Law Enforcement Efforts. Danish authorities seized 1591 kilograms of hashish during the first ten months of 1995, less than in 1994. The amounts of hashish and cocaine seized in transit in 1995 rose dramatically, although amounts remained modest.