214 elephants were killed by poachers in Kenya in 2009, up from 47 elephants killed in 2007.

Source:  AFP, “African countries set for new fight over ivory sales,” Google News, December 22, 2009.

Between 1989 to 2009, over a quarter of the Mau Forrest in Kenya, one of the nation’s most important ecological system, has been lost due to illegal logging.

Source:  Pete Browne, “With Land Evictions, Kenya Aims to Reduce Impacts on Important Ecosystem,” New York Times, Green Inc, November 23, 2009.

Kenya losses an estimated $5 Million a year to illegal fishing activities.

Source:  Noel Mwakugu, “Pirate fishing boats target Africa,” BBC News, July 3, 2008.

In 2008, 98 elephants were illegally poached in Kenya.  In 2007, there were 47 illegally poached elephants.

One kilo of elephant tusks is sold in Vietnam for $1,800.

Source: Pete Browne, “Amid Legal Ivory Trade, Illegal Sales Grow,” New York Times, Green Inc., August 25, 2009.

Illegal miners in Kenya are living in poverty and are selling gems on the black market in order to eat, reports the BBC.  According to the report, the miners are selling stolen gems dug up from mines to black market traders for $2.  The gems then go on to the world markets where they are sold for up to $1,000.

Source:  Kenneth Mungai, “Deadly game of Kenya’s gem trade,” BBC News, August 14, 2009.

Law enforcement authorities in Kenya estimate that drug traffickers launder up to $100 million dollars through the financial system in Kenya each year.

Source:  Alisha Ryu, “Pirate Booty Causes Kenya Property Prices to Skyrocket,” VOA News, March 18, 2009.

According to the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, the estimated losses to counterfeits in Kenya in 2008 was $642 million.

Source:  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, “Kenya under Pressure to Change Anticounterfeiting Law,” Volume 13, Number 2, June 2009.

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Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.