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.

According to the newspaper The Times, 19 of the 25 cases of international kidnapping of British citizens reported to the Serious Organised Crime Agency in 2009 took place in Pakistan. The 19 cases were an increase from the 10 cases reported in 2008.

Source:  Sean OiNeill, Adam Fresco, and Russell Jenkins, “Sahil Saeed ordeal exposes growth of homeland kidnap ‘trade’,” Times, March 22, 2010.