Market Data: 2007 December


Organ trafficking prices in Israel

Filed under: Humans, Middle East

Two men sentenced in Israel for trafficking humans for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs were selling them at prices between $125,000 to $135,000.

Source:  Fadi Eyadat, “Two Haifa men sentenced to jail for organ trafficking,” Haaretz.com, December 18, 2007.

Illegal Immigrants in Malaysia becomes victims of trafficking

Filed under: Asia, Humans

Around 1.5 Million illegal immigrants are living in Malaysia.

Those who are arrested are taken to the border of Thailand where they pay human smugglers $450 to be taken back into Malaysia.

Source:  Seth Mydans, “Foreign workers face campaign of brutality in Malaysia,” New York Times, December 7, 2007.

Undeclared work in Switzerland costs economy $35 Million

Filed under: Europe

Switzerland workers who do not properly pay taxes and report their earnings costs the Swiss economy $35 Million (39 Million Swiss Francs) a year.

Source:  “Moonlighting crackdown to recover lost revenue,” swissinfo, November 29, 2007.

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