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 Smuggling Market Value: $10 Billion
The Human Smuggling market is estimated to be $10 billion.
Source: Julie Watson, AP, “Coyotes brazenly ply their trade,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 24, 2006.
Fake IDs included in human smuggling fee
Fake IDs are often including in the smuggling fees for undocumented immigrants who are smuggled from Mexico.While in the United States, undocumented immigrants are able to purchase identifications from flea markets and other vendors for $75 to $300. Papers available for purchase include Social Security cards, Driver Licenses, and Green Cards.
Source: David Montgomery, “ID forgery [...]
$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, [...]
Africa to Europe smuggling route generates $400 million in profits
Source: Caroline Brothers, “Criminal gangs profit from smuggling of illegal immigrants from Africa into Europe,” International Herald Tribune, March 20, 2007,(accessed: March 21, 2007).
Price to be smuggled out of Asia
According to Interpol, “migrants from Asia can expect to pay more than US$30,000 for access to Western Europe and US$60,000 for North America”.
Source: Interpol, “Fact Sheet: People Smuggling”, March 2006,(accessed: February 28, 2007).
300,000 Africans smuggled into Europe each year
As many as 300,000 Africans are being smuggled into Europe each year. The price of transport ranges from $385 to over $1,000.
Source: Pascal Fletcher, “Migrant smuggling is ” crime crying for justice” -U.N.,” Reuters, September 18, 2006.
11.5 to 12 million Unauthorized Migrants in the United States
The Pew Hispanic Center has estimated that there are 11.5 to 12 Million Unauthorized Migrants to be in the United States.
Source: Pew Hispanic Center, “Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.,” March 7, 2006, pg.5, (accessed: April 25, 2006).
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.
