Transparency International reported that around 4 million families in India were forced to pay a bribe to a public official to receive services in 2009.

Source:  David Chen, “Zero-rupee bribes for bent Indian officials,” Radio Australia, February 12, 2010.

There are an estimated 80,000 mobile phone brokers who upload pirated music, movies and ringtones onto memory cards in India.

Source:  Rhys Blakely, “India’s music millionaires turn to slumdog pirates for help,” Times, February 9,2010

Between 2000 to 2010, the average age of a girl entering the prostitution industry in India was between 10 to 14 years old.  In previous decades, the average age was between 14 to 16 years old.

Source: “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

Every day, an estimated 200 girls enter the prostitution industry in India.  20 percent of the girls are under the age of 15.

Source:  “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

Between 5,000 to 7,000 Nepali girls are estimated to be trafficked into India each year.

Source: “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

The Government of India stated that 130 million high quality counterfeit notes were smuggled in to the country each year.

Source:  AFP, “India sees Pakistani hand in fake note flood,” Google News, November 1, 2009.

10 tons of heroin is smuggled into India each year, according to Delhi police.

A majority of the heroin is from Afghanistan via Pakistan, with the rest being smuggled from Myanmar.

Source:  The Economic Times, “India is a major drug hub: US,” UNODC, September18, 2007.

According to UNICEF, one third of all child brides are from India.

In 2007, nearly 25 million women in India were married by the time they reached age 18.

Source:  Rina Chandran, “One-third of world’s child brides from India: UNICEF,” Reuters, October 6, 2009.