In 2008, authorities in Mexico arrested more than 2,000 undocumented Cubans in the country. This figure is more than triple the number from 2007. In 2004, less than 200 Cubans were arrested for being undocumented in the country.

In 2007, 11,000 Cubans are believed to have reached US soil from Mexico.

Source:  Ken Ellingwood, “Mexico and Cuba agree on migrants,” Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2008.

Over a 18 year period, the World Wildlife Fund found that the skins, claws and bones of at least 1,158 tigers and other protected big cats were found to be on sale in markets in Myanmar.

Source:  AFP, “Brisk trade in tiger parts in Myanmar, says WWF,” Google News, October 14, 2008.

According to Brazil’s Environment Minister, the top 100 deforesters of the Amazon cut down the equivalent of 160,000 soccer fields.

Source:  Andrew Downie, “Brazil’s worst logger: the government?,” Christian Science Monitor, October 3, 2008.

According to the Pew Hispanic Center, roughly 58 percent of all illegal immigrants in the United States in 2008 were from Mexico.

Source:  Ginger Thompson, “Fewer People Entering U.S. Illegally, Report Says,” New York Times,October 2, 2008.

According to the Indian Music Industry (IMI), the music industry in India faces losses up to 50 percent of its revenue to piracy activities.

Source: “Music Industry faces loss of 50 per cent due to piracy,” Hindu, September 30, 2008.