London Brothels brings in between $88 and $229 million
Source: “Brothel industry ’spreading’“, BBC News, September 4, 2008.
Hijacked ships off Somalia coast net at least $10,000 in ransom
Source: Daniel Wallis, “Piracy ransoms funding Somalia insurgency,” Reuters, August 24, 2008.
As many as 7,000 people kidnaped in Mexico in 2007
Estimates by independent crime researches in Mexico state that as many as 7,000 people could have been kidnapped in Mexico in 2007.
Source: Reuters, “Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips,” Yahoo News, August 21, 2008.
Kidnapping in Mexico increased 40 percent between 2004 and 2007
Source: Reuters, “Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips,” Yahoo News, August 21, 2008.
Scotland consists of 13.5 percent of UK’s Human Trafficking market
Despite having only 10 percent of the population, Scotland consists of 13.5 percent of the United Kingdom’s Human Trafficking market.
Source: “Slave trade ’still in operation’“, BBC News, August 19, 2008.
More than 430 kidnapping in Mexico reported in 2007
Figure is up 45 percent from the previous year.
Source: “Mexico launches anti-kidnap squad,” BBC News, August 12, 2008.
Human smuggling market in Mexico
According to author Moises Naim, the FBI estimates that “the Mexican people trade earns the networks $6 to $9 billion each year.
Source: Moises Naim, Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are hijacking the global economy, (New York: Doubleday, 2005), pg. 88.
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.
Human Tissue and Body Parts Trafficking Market Value: $6 Million
The Human Tissue and Body Parts market consists of the buying and selling of body parts taken from human cadavers. The supply of body parts are taken from bodies that are either donated to medical schools and other organizations, or stolen from morgues and cremation centers. As USA Today reported [...]
Organ Trafficking Market Value: $50 Million
Havocscope is currently estimating the illicit market value for organ trafficking to be $50 million based on the following sources.
1. According to the World Health Organization, the average price paid to a kidney donor on the black market is ” likely to be about US $5000.
2. An article from Reuters quoted [...]
