7 Billion Euros ($9.9 Billion) worth of toxic waste is smuggled each year by members of Italian Mafia clans.

The 7 Billion Euros in trash value is higher than the 6 Billion Euro value in 2008.

Source:  “Italy: Toxic waste traffic ‘worth 7 billion euros a year’,” Adnkronos, August 11, 2009.
2008 Figure: Robin Pomeroy, “Naples garbage is mafia gold,” Reuters, January 9, 2008.