Human trafficking in Mexico is estimated to generate between $15 Billion to $20 Billion a year.

Source:  Arthur Brice, “Human trafficking second only to drugs in Mexico,” CNN, August 27, 2010.

The baby tiger can be bought on the black market in Iran for $3,200.

Source:  AP, “Baby tiger found stuffed in bag at Thai airport,” Washington Post, August 28, 2010.

Between September 2008 and February 2009, an estimated 10,000 migrants who were attempting to cross the border into the United States were kidnapped and held for ransom.

Source:  Sara Miller Llana, “Mexico mass grave highlights abuse of migrants heading to US,” Christian Science Monitor, August 26, 2010.

Human smugglers charge migrants $5,000 to be smuggled into the United States by sea.

More and more migrants are attempting to enter the US due to increase enforcement on the border between the US and Mexico.

Source:  AP, “Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally,” Google News, August 26, 2010.

From October 2009 to August 2010, US Border Enforcement agents apprehended 753 migrants attempting to enter the United States by sea.

In the same time period om 2008 to 2009, 400 migrants were caught. In 2007 to 2008, 230 migrants were apprehended.

Source:  AP, “Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally,” Google News, August 26, 2010.

Up to one-third of all cigarettes sold in Romania are smuggled into the country and sold without tax payments.

These smuggled cigarettes costs the government over one billion Euros in lost revenue.

Source:  Tevetelia Tsolova, “Cigarette tax hike backfires in Balkans,” Reuters, August 27, 2010.

Mexican drug cartels are estimated to bring in between $25 Billion to $40 Billion a year from the global drug trafficking operations.

Source:  “Mexico’s Calderon says will target drug cash,” Reuters, August 26, 2010.

Nigerian women and girls who are human trafficked into Ivory Coast and are forced to work as prostitutes service between 15 to 30 men a night at a cost of $2 per act.

Source:  AP, “Nigeria teens sold for prostitution in Ivory Coast,” Google News, August 27, 2010.

From 1995 until 2010, there have been an average of 35 museum thefts occurring around the world each year.

Source: Doreen Carvajal, “Art Theft Underworld Frustrates France,” New York Times, August 26, 2010.

Every year, there are an average of 20 or more museum art thefts in Paris.

Source:  Doreen Carvajal, “Art Theft Underworld Frustrates France,” New York Times, August 26, 2010.