The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) reported that 2,600 women who were working in UK brothers are confirmed human trafficking victims. Another 9,200 women were considered to be vulnerable and may have been trafficked, but were unable to fully confirm their status.

Of the estimated 30,000 women working in brothels in the United Kingdom, 17,000 were found to have been migrants from foreign countries.

Of the 2,600 confirmed trafficking victims, 2,200 were from Asia with a majority coming from China.

Source:  Michael Holden, “UK says 2,600 women trafficked to brothels,” Reuters, August 18, 2010.

The sales of counterfeit goods in Northern Ireland costs the government up to $300 Million (200 Million Pounds) a year.

Source: “Sex trafficking, fake goods and extortion: the crimes of choice in Northern Ireland,” Belfast Telegraph, June 24, 2010.

The United Kingdom Government estimated that there were 5,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2010 that were trafficked into the country.

Source:  Robert Booth, “UK breaking European convention against trafficking, report finds,” Guardian, June 16, 2010.

In the United Kingdom, street prostitutes make up 25 percent of the prostitute population, yet consist of 75 percent of all victims of crimes against prostitutes.

Source: Nina Lakhani and Emily Dugan, “The prostitute murder mysteries,” Independent, May 30, 2010.

The BBC reports that the population of eels in the waters surrounding the United Kingdom has fallen 95 percent from the 1980s to 2010 due to illegal fishing.

Source: “Operation against illegal fishing,” BBC News, May 29, 2010.

According to law enforcement officials in the United Kingdom, 90 percent of all 500 Euro bills in circulation was estimated to pass through the hands of organized crime members, causing the UK to withdraw the bill from circulation in 2010.

Source: Dominic Casciani, “500 euro note – why criminals love it so,” BBC News, May 13, 2010.

In 2010, there wee 367 organized crime groups with a total of 4,066 people active in Scotland.

At least 10 of the groups were involved in human trafficking.

Source:  “People trafficking prosecution failure ‘startling’ ,” BBC News, May 4, 2010.

According to the BBC, there are around 800,000 heroin addicts in the United States, between 200,000 to 300,000 heroin addicts in the United Kingdom, and up to 2.5 million addicts in Russia.

Source: Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, “The heroin epidemic advancing on Russia,” BBC News, April 3, 2010.

According to a fact sheet by The Guardian, a gram of Mephedrone costs between 10 to 15 Pounds ($14 to $22).

Source:  Alan Travis and Matthew Weaver, “Mephedrone explained,” Guardian, March 17, 2010.

Earnings of British prostitutes is estimated to be $1 Billion  (770 Million Pounds) a year.

Source:  Sophie Morris, “Sex for sale: The truth about prostitution in Britain,” Independent, November 26, 2008.