Counterfeit Goods Market in Russia
According to Russian officials, the counterfeit and pirated goods market in Russia is worth up to $6 billion.
Source: Russian News and Information Agency, “Russian fake products markets worth up to $6 billion-minister,” RIA Novosti, January 31, 2006.
Counterfeit Goods Market in Germany
An estimated 70,000 jobs and 20 to 30 billion Euros (25.8 billion to 38.7 billion USD) are lost to German businesses due to counterfeits.
Source: “Counterfeiting thrives in Expanded EU” , Deutshe Welle, 4/26/05, and ” German Customs Seize Record Amounts of Pirated Goods,” Spiegel Online, March 14, 2007.
France loses $7.8 billion to counterfeits per year
Source: Reuters, ” French firms target eBay in anti-counterfeit drive,” Boston Globe, August 18, 2006, and Union des Fabricants, “Damages and Penalties,“ (accessed: January 10, 2007).
One to Two percent of all migrants from Moldova may be trafficked
According to an article in The New Yorker, “one to two percent of all Moldovan migrants may find themselves trafficked at some point.”
Source: William Finnegan, “The Countertraffickers,” New Yorker, May 5, 2008.
Number of drug addicts in Russia has increased by 9 times over last decade
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
More than 3,000 foreigners arrest for drug trafficking in Russia
In 2006, Russian law enforcement agencies arrest more than 3,000 foreigners of drug trafficking in Russia. The traffickers were mostly from Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
517,389 registered users of illicit drugs in Russia
There are 517,389 registered users of illicit drugs in Russia. Estimates have the total number of users as high as 4 million.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
90 percent of opiates smuggled into Russia from Afghanistan
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
$1.4 billion lost to copyright piracy in Russia in 2007
U.S. copyright industries estimate that they lost in excess of $1.4 billion in 2007 due to copyright piracy in Russia.
Source: “2008 Special 301 Report,” Office of the United States Trade Representative, April 25, 2008.
4,000 women trafficked into United Kingdom
As of 2003, an estimated 4,000 women are believed to have been trafficked into the United Kingdom to work in the prostitution industry.
Source: “2012 Games sex trafficking fears,” BBC News, March 23, 2007.
