German authorities arrested 4,325 people for selling cocaine in 2008, and 605 people for importing cocaine into the country.

Source:  UNODC, “The Globalization of Crime,” Chapter 4: Cocaine, June 2010.

The prostitution market in Germany generates $18 Billion a year.

Please note that the sex trade in Germany is legal, thus this figure is not included in Germany’s Black Market Total. It is included here as a reference.

Source:  Erik Kirschbaum, “Global economic crisis hits German sex industry,” Reuters, April 20, 2009.

The German Center for Addiction Issues estimated that more than one in four nursing home residents over the age of 70 was addicted to psychotropic drugs.

Source:  Louisa Schaefer, “Germans drink too much, new study says,” Deutsche Welle,  April 8, 2010.

64 percent of pirated content on online streaming sites focused on the German market are television shows. 32 percent of pirated content were movies, with 4 percent being pornography.

Source:  Scott Roxborough, “German pirates hungry for TV series,” Hollywood Reporter, April 7, 2010.

According to a survey done by pharmaceutical company Pfizer, 38 percent of Germans surveyed admitted to purchasing drugs without a prescription from black market sites online, the highest level in all of Europe.

Source:  “Kent laboratory finds growing counterfeit drugs market,” BBC News, February 17, 2010.

The German Government loses up to $5.6 Billion (4 Billion Euros) in tax revenue from cigarette smuggling, while the cigarette industry and retailers losing an addition $1.6 Billion (1.2 Billion Euros) in revenue from smuggling activities.

Source:  Holger Elfes, “German Smokers Buying More Smuggled Cigarettes, Welt Reports,” Bloomberg News, January 26, 2010.

Cigarettes smugglers in Germany earn an estimated $1.5 Billion a year in profits.

Source:  Klaus von Lampe, “The Nicotine Racket, Trafficking in Untaxed Cigarettes: A Case Study of Organized Crime in Germany,” Organized Crime Research website, May 6, 1999.

According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, drug trafficking and smuggling organizations in Germany earned $229.5 Million (156 Million Euros) in profits in 2008.

Source:  Bundeskriminalamt, “Organised Crime: 2008 National Situation Report,” Press-Release Summary, page 9.