APEC countries lose $7 billion to counterfeits
Source: “APEC loses over US$ 7 billion per year due to counterfeit trade“, Andina, August 22, 2008.
Smugglers and refiners of heroin earn $3.5 billion in Afghanistan
Source: “No quick fixes,” The Economist, June 21, 2008, page 54.
Opium farmers in Afghanistan earn an estimated $500 million annualy
Source: “No quick fixes,” The Economist, June 21, 2008, page 54.
90 percent of fake pesticides in Europe came from China
Source: Andrew Bounds and Roman Olearchyk, “Alarm at flood of bogus pesticides,” Financial Times Deutshland, July 1, 2008.
Human smuggling market in China
According to author Moises Naim, ” human smuggling out of China alone has been estimated between $1 and $3 billion per year”.
Source: Moises Naim, Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are hijacking the global economy, (New York: Doubleday, 2005), pg. 88.
$17 Billion spent on illegal drugs in China each year
A 1998 study stated that $17 billion is spent on illicit drugs in China every year.
Source: International Crime Threat Assessment, “Chapter III: Worldwide areas of International Criminal Activity, China,” December 2000, available from Federation of America Scientists, (accessed: March 9, 2007).
Japanese companies lost $75 Billion to counterfeits in 2002
Source: Yomimuri Shinbun, “Chinese fakes costs trillions / Exports of counterfeit Japanese goods to Middle East on the rise,” January 5, 2007.
Global companies lose $60 Billion to counterfeits from China
Source: Bloomberg, ” U.S., EU Pledge to Fight Counterfeit Goods From China, Russia,” Bloomberg.com, June 19, 2006.
3 million illegal cbale subscribers in the Phillippines
Source: Lenie Lectura, Losses from cable-TV piracy may hit P7B in ’08 with only 2% growth in paying subscribers, Business Mirror.
Opium Value in Afghanistan
According to the United States Department of State, the export value of Afghanistan’s 2006 opium export was $3.1 billion.
Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, “Southwest Asia: Afghanistan,” United States Department of State, March 2007.
