Market Data: 2007 October
Price of pound of shark fin for soup
Filed under: Asia
The price of a single pound of shark fin is between $200 to $400.
- No Comments » |October 29th, 2007
- Tags: Prices on the black market, Wildlife Smuggling Statistics
Italian Mafia: A $120 Billion business
Filed under: Europe, Transnational Crime
In 2007, the Italian Mafia was estimated to have a turnover of over $120 Billion.
7 percent of Italy’s economic output was filtered off by organized crime.
Source: David Wiley, “Italian Mafia turnover ‘$120bn’,” BBC News, October 27, 2007.
- No Comments » |October 22nd, 2007
- Tags: Italy Black Market, Organized Crime
Seizing contraband films in North Korea
Filed under: Asia
So how does North Korea Officials seize films that are banned in North Korea?
Reuters mentions one method:
One analyst said a routine tactic used by North Korean police is to cut the electricity to apartment blocs before a raid and then go to each home to check what is on video tapes or DVDs that have become stuck inside players.
- No Comments » |October 9th, 2007
- Tags: North Korea Black Market


