Customs officials in Japan seized 1.04 million counterfeit goods items in 2009, according to Finance Ministry. The total amount seized was up 10.6 percent from the previous year.

86 percent of the counterfeit items originated from China, followed by 6 percent from South Korea.

The most counterfeited good was counterfeit purses, which accounted for 55 percent of all goods seized.

Source:  “Pirated goods halted by customs in 2009 top 1 million,” Japan Today, March 13, 2010.

An estimated 3,000 tons of wildlife meat is consumed and exported into China from Vietnam each year.

Source:  “Over 2 tons of wildlife and animal bones seized,” VietNam Net, March 11, 2010.

According to the Business Software Alliance, 80 percent of all software used in China in 2008 was pirated. The software piracy rate was down from the 90 percent reported in 2004.

Source:  Bruce Einhorn, “Software Industry Loses Patience with China,” BusinessWeek, March 10, 2010.

In 2010, there were only 50 tigers believed to be roaming in the wild versus 5,000 tigers raised in tiger farms in China.

Source:  Patrick Winn, “Can Vladimir Putin save the world’s tigers?,” GlobalPost, February 24, 2010.

An official with China’s wildlife conservation agency stated to the Wall Street Journal that the global ban on tiger bones and parts created losses of $337 Million to the ancient medicine industry in the country.

Source:  Shai Oster, “China’s Tiger Farms Spark a Standoff,” Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2010.

Tax revenue losses from cigarette smuggling activities in China is estimated at $2.2 Billion (15 Billion Yuan) each year.

Source:  Xinhua, “Smoking costs China 250 billion yuan last year,” China Daily, November 18 2006.

According to a survey of 8,500 people in 13 countries, people in China illegally downloaded the most music in 2009, followed by South Korea.

Source: “Korea World’s No.2 in Online Music Piracy,” Chosun Ilbo, January 26, 2010.

In Fiscal Year 2008, 30 Chinese immigrants were caught at the US-Mexico border in Arizona. In FY 2009, 332 were caught in the same area. Within the first three months of FY 2010, 281 Chinese immigrants were caught.

Source:  Stephen Ceasar, “In Arizona, a Stream of Illegal Immigrants From China,” New York Times, January 22, 2010.