$15 billion annually from drug trafficking in Russia
According to the United States Department of State, “The annual revenue from illicit drug trafficking in Russia was estimated to be $15 billion”.
Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, “Europe and Central Asia: Russia,” United States Department of State (accessed: March 2, 2007).
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.
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.
500,000 to 850,000 women trafficked out of Russia over 10 years
Between the years 1995-2005, an estimated 500,000 to 850,000 women were believed to have been trafficked out of the country. Human Trafficking Expert Louis Shelley writes ” many of these women, however, went abroad to work in a variety of difficult labor situations and only a much smaller share went directly into the sex [...]
Women trafficked into Israel comes from 5 main countries
Women who are trafficked into Israel comes from the following countries:
Russia;
Moldova;
Ukraine;
Uzbekistan;
Belarus.
Russia had 1,628 cases of counterfeit goods investigations in 2006
According to the Russian News and Information Agency, “Russian customs bodies uncovered 1,628 cases of counterfeit goods in 2006, up four-fold from 390 cases in 2005.”
Source: “Import of counterfeit goods up four-fold in Russia in 2006,” RIA Novosti, April 25, 2007,(accessed: April 26, 2007).
