An estimated 273 tons of illegal bushmeat could be smuggled into Europe for personal consumption, according to a study.

Researchers found that on average, about 5 tons of bushmeat was seized by Customs at the Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.

Source:  Mark Kinver, “Illegal bushmeat ‘rife in Europe’,” BBC News, June 17, 2010.

There are an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 males and females working as prostitutes in France. 80 percent of the prostitutes are foreigners. This figure is double the estimated 15,000 prostitutes in the country in 2002.

Source: Lizzy Davies, “Bring back the brothel, says female French MP,” Guardian, March 18, 2010.

15,000 figure in 2002: John Lichfield, “Foreign prostitutes flood into France,” Independent,July 14, 2002.

A study released in 2010 found that despite peer-to-peer networking downloading falling by 15 percent, the illegal downloading of content increased by 3 percent over the same period.

The study found that the cause of the increase was due to less people using P2P networks but instead downloading songs directly from websites and utilizing streaming content services.

Source:  Sebastian Seibt, “Study shows how downloaders skirt anti-piracy laws,” France 24, March 10, 2010.

According to the 2004 National Drug Report on France, traffickers in France generated $1.95 Billion (1.37 Billion Euros) in drug trafficking.

Source: “2004 National Report to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point,” January 2004. Page 57.

According to the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, France losses an estimated 38,000 jobs and 6 billion euros ($8.5 Billion) to counterfeiting each year.

Source:  Adam Tschorn, “Paris’ house of knock-offs,” Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2009.

According to a news report, the French government considers France the worst in the world in terms of movie and music piracy.

Source:  Angelique Chrisafis, “Nicolas Sarkozy resumes fight against illegal downloads,” Guardian, July 21, 2009.

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Marijuana in Europe.

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

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Cocaine in Europe.

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