170 experts from 40 countries, 5 international organizations, academia and the private sector attended 6 to 8 December 2023 the first Annual Conference of Drug Control Networks hosted by the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe. It was the first edition of a new conference format launched by the Pompidou bringing together participants from different drug control and law enforcements sectors:  trafficking through airports, general aviation, precursors control, and drugs related cybercrime. This integrated conference format allows for more synergies between different law enforcement services, in particular border control, criminal investigation and customs services. Plenary sessions addressed topics of overarching interest such as (1) developments in drug supply and trafficking, (2) online challenges and opportunities, and (3) operations and international cooperation. Specific specialised sessions included (1) precursors awareness, (2) airport inside threat, (3) synthetic drug threats, (4) drugs online, (5) general aviation, (6) internet, AI and other internet-related threats, (7) gaming & recruitment, (8) money laundering & fraud, and (9) managing trauma, stress and mental health. High-profile international experts and researchers provided evidence based input for the discussions.