95 percent of all rhino poaching in Africa between 2006 and 2009 occurred in Zimbabwe (235 Rhinos Killed) and South Africa (210 Rhinos Killed).

Source: “‘Global surge’ in rhino poaching,” BBC News, December 1, 2009.

In addition, in 2009 there were 3 times as many rhinos being poached per month in South Africa and Zimbabwe than the average of poached rhinos for all of Africa between 2000 and 205.

Source:  Alan Boswell, “Kenya Seizes Ivory, Rhino Horns as Poaching on Rise,” Voice of America News, July 16, 2009.

Price is in US Dollar and represents the typical price of Ecstasy in Africa.

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

Prices are in US Dollars and represent the typical price of heroin in Africa.

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

Between March 2008 and June 2009, around 120 rhinos were poached in Zimbabwe to meet the demand of China’s black  market trade in rhino horns.

There are between 400 to 700 rhinos left in Zimbabwe.

Source:  David Smith, “Poachers wiping out Zimbabwe’s rhinos as demand surges,” Guardian, June 9, 2009.

Software piracy and other forms of copyright piracy costs the Zimbabwe economy up to $4 million a year.

Up to 92 percent of all software used in Zimbabwe is pirated, according to the Business Software Alliance.

Source:  Ish Mafundikawa, “Zimbabwe Among Top Software Piracy Countries,” Voice of America News, June 4, 2009.

In 2008, the Governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank told a conference that 10,000 people were entering Zimbabwe each month to traffic in illegal diamonds.

Source:  “Billions Lost Through Diamond Smuggling,” Herald, August 29, 2008.