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According to economist Omar Shaban, tunnels under Gaza are believed to trade between $20 to $25 Million worth of goods a month and supply up two-thirds of all products on sale in Gaza.

Source:  Heather Sharp, “Smuggling fuels Gaza’s stalled economy,” BBC News, December 31, 2009.

According to Task Force on Human Trafficking (TFHT) in Israel, Israeli men visit brothels in the country up to one millions times a month.  This high demand for sex previously had led to the importation of trafficked foreign women to work in the brothels.  As Israel law enforcement cuts down on foreign trafficking, the task force claims that domestic trafficking of Israeli women is occurring to meet the demand.

Source: Michal Zebede, “Traffickers target Israeli girls to replace foreign sex slaves,” Haaretz, August 16, 2009.

The illicit sex trade in Israel is estimated to be worth $2 billion dollars.

Source:  Rita Chaikin, “Fighting against Trafficking in Women in the North of Israel,” Trafficking and the Global Sex Industry, ed. Karen Beeks and Delila Amir, 2006. Page 201.

According to the Israel Anti-drug Authority, the illegal drugs market in Israel is valued at $1.5 billion (6 billion shekels) a year.

Source:  “Overview of the drug situation in Israel,” Israel Anti-drug Authority, accessed: July 31, 2009.

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

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 the Middle East.

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

Price is in US Dollar and represents the typical price of Ecstasy in the Middle East.

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 Heroin in the Middle East.

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

According to figures from the Associated Press, 20 million ecstasy pills and between 4 to 5 tons of heroin entered Israel in 2008. Nearly all of the heroin entered through the shared border with Lebanon.

In addition, there are 15,000 drug addicts in Israel.

Source: Matt Friedman, AP, “On jumpy Lebanon-Israel frontier, a quiet drug war,” Google News, April 12, 2009.