Ukraine Black Market Value: $4.2 Billion
World Average: $15.54 Billion
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Data on Ukraine
Cigarette Smuggling in Ukraine
The illegal cigarette smuggling market in Ukraine is estimated to be worth $2.1 Billion a year.
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- Tags: cigarette smuggling, Ukraine | February 6th, 2010
Value of Ukraine Sex Industry
Police officials in Ukraine estimate that in 2009 the value of Ukraine’s sex industry will be $1.5 Billion.
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- Tags: prostitution, Ukraine | August 5th, 2009
Price of Marijuana in Europe
Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Marijuana in Europe.
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Austria | 4,110.7 | 13 |
| Czech Republic | 6,357.9 | 8.2 |
| Finland | 12,332.1 | 24 |
| France | 3,425.6 | 8.2 |
| Germany | 4,521.8 | 11.2 |
| Greece | 630 | 4.1 |
| Hungary | 2,780.3 | 11.9 |
| Ireland | 16,442.9 | 6.9 |
| Italy | 1,717.7 | 10 |
| Moldova | NA | 1.6 |
| Netherlands | NA | 7.3 |
| Poland | 5,140 | 11.6 |
| Romania | 1,918.3 | 8.9 |
| Russia | 2,984.3 | 6.7 |
| Spain | 1,103 | 4.2 |
| Sweden | 9,635.3 | 11.5 |
| Switzerland | 4,602.5 | 8.4 |
| Ukraine | NA | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 2,615.7 | 8 |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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- Tags: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Marijuana Black Market, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom | June 26th, 2009
Price of Cocaine in Europe
Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Cocaine in Europe.
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Austria | 61,660.7 | 99.3 |
| Czech Republic | 93,847.6 | 102.8 |
| Denmark | 40,444.9 | 73.5 |
| Finland | 61,660.7 | 109.6 |
| France | 41,107.2 | 96.9 |
| Germany | 48,825.7 | 86.2 |
| Greece | 62,735 | 109.8 |
| Hungary | 46,674.4 | 80.3 |
| Ireland | 82,214.3 | 95.9 |
| Italy | 56,029.1 | 111.8 |
| Moldova | 100,000 | 138 |
| Netherlands | 42,408.9 | 58.9 |
| Norway | 61,660.7 | 164.4 |
| Poland | 38,538 | 63.7 |
| Russia | 126,481 | 218 |
| Spain | 46,274.3 | 83.2 |
| Sweden | 44,351.5 | 75.3 |
| Switzerland | 44,351.5 | 75.3 |
| United Kingdom | 74,446.7 | 90.5 |
| Ukraine | NA | 160 |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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- Tags: Austria, cocaine, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom | June 26th, 2009
Price of Methamphetamines in Europe
Price is in US Dollars and represent the typical price of Methamphetamines in Europe.
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram) |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Austria | 9,589 | 27.4 |
| Czech Republic | 40,082 | 56.2 |
| Finland | 7,876.7 | 27.4 |
| Norway | 10,958.9 | 85.6 |
| Russia | 40,833.3 | 61.3 |
| Ukraine | 6,066.5 | NA |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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- Tags: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, methamphetamines, Norway, Russia, Ukraine | June 26th, 2009
Price of Heroin in Europe
Price is in US Dollars and represent the typical price of Heroin in Europe
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram) |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Austria | 54,809 | 99.3 |
| Czech Republic | 41,449 | 54.8 |
| Denmark (No.4) | 64,344.2 | 165.5 |
| Finland | 54,809 | 150.7 |
| France (No.4) | 41,107 | 68.5 |
| Germany | 25,809.8 | 47.7 |
| Greece | 19,450 | 75.3 |
| Hungary (No.4) | 56,839 | NA |
| Ireland | 33,967 | 274 |
| Italy (No.4) | 52,069.1 | 89.2 |
| Netherlands | 16,956.7 | 32.9 |
| Norway | 58,235.1 | 239.8 |
| Poland | 20,553.6 | 77.4 |
| Russia (No.4)a | 39,458.3 | 96.9 |
| Spain | 47,670.3 | 85.9 |
| Sweden | 37,059 | 91.6 |
| Switzerland | 23,179.9 | 41.8 |
| Turkey | 8,564 | 19.9 |
| Ukraine (No.4) | 35,000 | 90 |
| United Kingdom | 27,163 | 100.6 |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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- Tags: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, heroin, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom | June 26th, 2009
420,000 women from Ukraine trafficked out of country
A 2005 study on the Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine stated that ” some 420,000 women were estimated to have been trafficked out of the country in the last few years alone.”
Source: Olga Pyshchulina, ” An Evaluation of Ukrainian Legislation to Counter and Criminalize Human Trafficking,” Human Traffic and Transnational Crime: Eurasian and American Perspectives, edited by Sally Stoecker and Louise Shelley, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), available at http://policy-traccc.gmu.edu/publications/publications.shtml
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- Tags: human trafficking, Ukraine | May 2nd, 2008

