In the Pakistan city of Karachi, kidnap for ransom cases increased over a hundred percent within the last several years.

There was 92 cases of kidnapping for ransom cases in 2008, 64 cases i 2007, and 28 in 2006.

Source: Associated Press, “Kidnappings for ransom spike in Pakistan,” Las Vegas Sun, June 6, 2009.

The number of cases dealt with by United States Customs increased from 63 in FY06 to 134 in FY07.

Source:  Associated Press, “Antiquities smuggling: Growing problem at US ports,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 14, 2008.

500 million pirated books are produced each year in China, with 40 percent of all books sold being pirated copies.

Source:  Clifford Coonan, “China’s publishers struggle to overcome book piracy,” National (UAE), August 27, 2009.

Indonesia’s International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group estimates that 25 percent of Indonesia’s $2 Billion pharmaceutical drugs market is counterfeit.

25 percent of $2 Billion = $500 Million.

Source:  Narayan Kulkarni, “Counterfeit drug menace rages on in Asia,” Bio Spectrum, August 29, 2009.

There was a 76 percent increase in the number of calls to poison control cents in the United States regarding teenagers abusing attention deficit disorder drugs.

Source: Associated Press, “Teen trippin’ on ADHD drugs can be a real downer,” Google News, August 24, 2009.

NBC show Heroes was the most illegally downloaded show online, according to Big Champagne.

Below is the number of people who illegally downloaded the Top Ten Television shows in 2009:

Heroes; 54,562,012
Lost; 51,151,396
24; 34,119,093
Prison Break; 29,283,591
House; 26,277,954
Fringe; 21,434,755
Desperate Housewives; 21,378,412
Grey’s Anatomy; 19,916,775
Gossip Girl; 19,706,870
Smallville; 19,598,999

Below is the number of people who illegally downloaded the Top Ten Movies in 2009:

Watchmen; 16,906,452
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; 13, 133, 137
Yes Man; 13,038,364
Twilight; 11,632,645
Fast and Furious; 10,613,668
Gran Torino; 9,880,700
Marley and Me; 9,099,219
Slumdog Millionaire; 8,840,884
Bolt; 8,690,633
Australia; 8,628,012

Source: Rory Cellan-Jones, “File-sharers’ TV tastes revealed ,” BBC News, August 28, 2009.