Counterfeit golf clubs in China
The price of counterfeit golf clubs manufactured in China usually sells at levels 75 percent below the authentic price.
Source: Bloomberg News, “Fake golf clubs are ‘nightmare’,” International Herald Tribune, May 18, 2005,(accessed: July 1, 2006).
4 fake products sold for each real product sold in China
In a report published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, a sports equipment manufacturer who is familiar with the counterfeit market in China estimates that “for every one legitimate item sold, there are four counterfeits sold.”
Source: “Sporting Goods Market in China,” U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration,September 20, 2005,(accessed: July 10, [...]
Some drug products in China counterfeited at a rate of 50 to 85 percent
According to the International Policy Network, some products in China “have a counterfeit prevalence ranging between 50 and 85 percent.”
Source: Julian Morris and Philip Stevens, “Counterfeit medicines in less developed countries: Problems and solutions,”International Policy Network and the [...]
$10,000 to $25,000 to purchase a fake passport in China
The human smuggling industry in China charges people between $10,000 to $25,000 to purchase a fraudulent passport, and between $3,000 to $5,000 to alter the photo of a passport.
Source: National Institute of Justice, “Characteristics of Chinese Human Smugglers,” Research in Brief, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, August 2004, pg.7, [...]
Top 5 locations for organ trafficking
The World Health Organization and Reuters produced a factsheet stating the top five locations where organ trafficking is prevalent.[2] The countries are as follows:
1. China
2. Pakistan
3. Egypt
4. Colombia
5. Philippines
Source: Reuters, “FACTBOX: Five Organ Trafficking hotspots,” Reuters.com, August 6, 2007.
Canadians pay $75,000 for kidney transplant in China
In Canada, as many as 50 people are believed to have paid as much as $75,000 for a kidney transplant in China. The organs are believed to have been culled from executed Chinese prisoners.
Source: Tom Blackwell, “Canadians buy organs culled in executions,” National Post, May 6, 2006,(accessed: May 19, 2006).
One-fifth of seaches on baidu.com for unlicensed MP3s in 2006
In China in 2006, one-fifth of searches on baidu.com was for unlicensed MP3’s. Baidu.com is China’s leading search engine with 50 percent of online searches conducted through its website.
Source: Clive Thompson, ” Google in China: The Big Disconnect,” New York Times Magazine, April 23, 2006.
$350 million of timber smuggled into China from Myanmar’s forrest
1.5 million tonnes of timber worth $350 million was smuggled into China from Myanmar’s teak forests in 2006.
Source: “Myanmar wildlife pays the price for Chinese demand,” Reuters UK, September 3, 2007.
China Human Smuggling market value: $1 to $3 billion per year
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.
10,000 to 50,000 people from China smuggling into US each year
Estimates on the number of people being smuggled into the United States from China range from 10,000 to 50,000.
Source: Alex Kotlowitz, ” The Smugglers Due,” New York Times, June 11, 2006.
