Officials in the Netherlands reported that in 2009, 0.9 percent of cigarettes smoked in the country were counterfeit, down from 4 percent in 2005. The reason for the drop was attributed to the lack of quality of the counterfeit cigarettes.

Source:  “Dutch clampdown on cigarette smuggling,” Radio Netherlands, May 27, 2010.

In 2009, Custom officials in the Netherlands confiscated 209 million cigarettes worth 36.3 Million Euros from entering the country. The figure is up from the 204 million seized in 2008.

Source: “Dutch clampdown on cigarette smuggling,” Radio Netherlands, May 27, 2010.

Police in the Netherlands rescued nearly 500 women in 2009 who were victims of human trafficking.

Source:  Simon Boazman, “Stag parties ‘fuel sex trafficking’,” BBC News, January 14, 2010.

There are an estimated 3,000 cases of human trafficking in the Netherlands each year.

In addition, there are about 30,000 prostitutes in the country, with 15 percent of all men using their services each year.

Source:  Perro de Jong, “Netherlands to crack down on clients of illegal prostitutes,” Radio Netherlands Worldwide, November 9, 2009.

Dutch Port Officials estimate that 16 percent of all trash exports out of its port in Rotterdam is illegal trash smuggling.

Source: Elizabeth Rosenthal, “Smuggling Europe’s Waste to Poorer Countries,” New York Times, September 26, 2009.

According to an article in the New York Times, it is 4 times more expensive to incinerate trash in the Netherlands than to ship it illegally to China for dumping.

Source: Elizabeth Rosenthal, “Smuggling Europe’s Waste to Poorer Countries,” New York Times, September 26, 2009.

Between 2000 and 2004, human trafficking victims found in the Netherlands were originally from over 50 different countries. Almost half have been prostitutes in another country before arriving in Amsterdam.

Source:  Siddarth Kara, Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery, (New York: Colombia University Press, 2009), page 104.

The top countries in the world who supply ecstasy are Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Source:  Ian Austin, “Report Cites Major Sales of Ecstasy,” New York Times, August 23, 2008.