London Brothels brings in between $88 and $229 million
Posted on September 5, 2008
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Source: “Brothel industry ’spreading’“, BBC News, September 4, 2008.
APEC countries lose $7 billion to counterfeits
Posted on August 29, 2008
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Source: “APEC loses over US$ 7 billion per year due to counterfeit trade“, Andina, August 22, 2008.
Coca cultivation in Colombia increased 27 percent in 2007
Posted on August 29, 2008
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Source: “The unstoppable crop,” The Economist, June 21, 2008, page 50.
Smugglers and refiners of heroin earn $3.5 billion in Afghanistan
Posted on August 29, 2008
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Source: “No quick fixes,” The Economist, June 21, 2008, page 54.
Opium farmers in Afghanistan earn an estimated $500 million annualy
Posted on August 29, 2008
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Source: “No quick fixes,” The Economist, June 21, 2008, page 54.
Feds seized $1.6 billion in drug money on US-Mexico border in 2007
Posted on August 29, 2008
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The $1.6 billion is out of a total $12 billion that is estimated to be smuggled over the border.
Source: “The sheriffs stash,” The Economist, July 12, 2008, page. 42.
7.5 billion songs were swapped on file-sharing networks in 2007
Posted on August 29, 2008
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Source: “Thanks, me heartie,” The Economist, July 19, 2008, pg. 74.
China lost 121 tons of ivory to smugglers between 1991-2002
Posted on August 29, 2008
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The 121 tons is the equivalent of the tusks from 11,000 elephants.
Source: “Round the horn,” The Economist, July 19, 2008, pg. 68.
Fake cosmetics seizures up 264 percent in 2007 at EU borders
Posted on August 28, 2008
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Source: AP, “EU concerned by surge in imports of counterfeit drugs, toys, cosmetics,” International Herald Tribune, May 19, 2008.
Seizures of counterfeit toys up 98 percent over 2006 levels in EU
Posted on August 28, 2008
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Source: AP, “EU concerned by surge in imports of counterfeit drugs, toys, cosmetics,” International Herald Tribune, May 19, 2008.
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