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.

Below are losses to selected countries in Europe from counterfeit pesticides.

Source: “Counterfeit Pesticides Across Europe-2008,” European Crop Protection Association, August 2008.

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

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.

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 Ecstasy in Europe.

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