Market Data: 2008 March
Las Vegas is full of child prostitutes
A new report from Shared Hope International has found that in a single month more than 400 children were working as prostitutes in Las Vegas.
- No Comments » |March 28th, 2008
- Tags: Child Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Prostitution in the United States
The $100 million Guatemalan Adoption Industry
The AP reports that the adoption industry in Guatemala is worth $100 Million.
Source: Associated Press, “Adoptions of Guatemalan babies in limbo,” MSNBC, March 10, 2008.
- No Comments » |March 27th, 2008
- Tags: Guatemala Black Market, International Adoptions
Price of orangutan on the black market
The price to purchase a juvenile orangutan was reported to be $45,000 on the global black market.
- No Comments » |March 26th, 2008
- Tags: Prices on the black market, Wildlife Smuggling Statistics
$495 million caviar black market
The illegal trade in caviar is estimated to be worth $495 Million (250 Million pounds) per year.
Source: “Crackdown on the caviar smugglers,” Independent, March 23, 2008.
- No Comments » |March 26th, 2008
- Tags: Illegal Fishing
Smuggling gas in Bolivia
The Bolivian Government losses an estimated $55 Million a year to gas smuggling.
Source: Andres Schipani, “Smuggling drains Bolivia of oil riches,” BBC News, March 21, 2008.
- No Comments » |March 25th, 2008
- Tags: Bolivia Black Market, Gas and Oil Smuggling
Price of a Komodo Dragon on the black market
The price of to purchase a Komodo Dragon on the black market is reported to be $30,000.
Source: Jerry Bowen, “Contraband Creatures,” CBS News, January 24, 2002.
- No Comments » |March 22nd, 2008
- Tags: Prices on the black market, Wildlife Smuggling Statistics
One-Third of fuel in Iraq diverted to Black Market
In 2008 at least one-third of fuel from Iraq’s largest refinery is being diverted to the black market. The proceeds from the sale were being used to support in insurgency against American troops.
- No Comments » |March 17th, 2008
- Tags: Gas and Oil Smuggling, Iraq Black Market
Burma/Myanmar drug industry
According to the United Nations, the total potential production of the opium market in Burma / Myanmar is valued at $120 million.
Source: United Nations, “Fact Sheet-South East Asia Opium Surveys 2007,” October 10, 2007,
- No Comments » |March 9th, 2008
- Tags: Burma/Myanmar Black Market, Heroin
$45 billion in losses from tax evasion in Germany
Germany loses up to $45 Billion from tax evasion activities.
Source: Stephanie Castle, “EU begins crackdown against ‘tax paradises’,” New York Times, March 4, 2008.
- No Comments » |March 5th, 2008
- Tags: Germany Black Market, Money Laundering
$76 million in counterfeit Cisco parts seized in China over 3 years
Over a span of three years (2005 to 2008), United States authorities seized over $76 Million in counterfeit Cisco computer equipment parts in China.
Source: AFP, “US, Canada seize counterfeit Cisco hardware made in China,” Google News, February 28, 2008.
- No Comments » |March 3rd, 2008
- Tags: China Black Market, China Counterfeit Market, Counterfeit Electronics


