In 2009, 122 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa.

Source:  Robyn Dixon, “Surge in rhino poaching devastates African populations,” Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2010.

Officials are estimating that 40,000 prostitutes will head towards South Africa to work during the 2010 World Cup.

South African officials are striving to obtain 1 billion condoms to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, where an estimated 50 percent of all domestic sex workers are infected.

450,000 foreigners are expected to attend the World Cup.

Sources:
Joe Tacopino, “40,000 prostitutes bound for South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, officials warn,” New York Daily News, March 6, 2010.
“UK gives South Africa millions of condoms,” BBC News, March 9, 2010.

10 tons of African Ivory was seized in Southeast Asia by Law Enforcement Authorities in 2009.

Source:  Associated Press, “US-Thai operation charges 2 for ivory smuggling,” Washington Post, January 20, 2010.

From A Crime So Monstrous by E. Benjamin Skinner:

The market price for the guns was greater than the price for the children themselves. In 1986, an AK-47 cost ten cows, or about $1,000. By 2001, a glut of guns (and dearth of cows) shrank the cost to two cows, or about $86 along the Sudan-Uganda border. The child market was more volatile. In early 1987, after al-Mahdi began his counterinsurgency, a Dinka boy cost $90. By 1990, as supply swelled, the price fell to $15. At the time of my visit, CSI had agreed to pay $33 per slave.

Source: E Benjamin Skinner, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery, (New York: Free Press,2008), page 82.

According to security experts, an Algerian terror group affiliated with Al Qaeda called the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magahreb recieves up to 80 percent of their funding from kidnap and ransom activities.

Source:  John Thorne, “Kidnapping westerners is a lucrative business in the Sahel,” The National, December 20, 2009.

214 elephants were killed by poachers in Kenya in 2009, up from 47 elephants killed in 2007.

Source:  AFP, “African countries set for new fight over ivory sales,” Google News, December 22, 2009.

Antonio Maria Costa, head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, reported that 50 to 60 tons of cocaine is trafficked across West Africa each year.  In addition, 30 to 35 tons of heroin from Afghanistan is trafficked into East Africa each year as well.

Source: “Africa drug trade fuelling terrorism and crime, says UN,” BBC News, December 9, 2009.

According to the 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, Somalia is the most corrupt nation in the world, followed by Afghanistan.

The least corrupt nation is New Zealand, followed by Denmark.

Source:  Phyllis Korkki, “The Countries Most Known for Corruption,” New York Times, December 5, 2009.

95 percent of all rhino poaching in Africa between 2006 and 2009 occurred in Zimbabwe (235 Rhinos Killed) and South Africa (210 Rhinos Killed).

Source: “‘Global surge’ in rhino poaching,” BBC News, December 1, 2009.

150 to 250 cubic meters of rosewood worth an estimated $800,000 is illegally harvested in Madagascar each day.

Source:  Global Witness and The Environnemental Investigation Agency, “Illegal Malagasy timber trade worth $800,000 a day, new report reveals,” Press Release, November 26, 2009.