212 Filipina human trafficking victims in Singapore in 2007
59 human trafficking victims were recorded in 2005.
125 victims were recorded in 2006.
212 recorded in 2007.
Source: Veronica Uy, “Trafficking of Filipinas in Singapore ‘unabated’-embassy,” Inquirer.net, April 28, 2008.
Pakistan lost $156 million in content piracy in 2007
The IIPA reports that Pakistan lost $156 million to book, music, movie, and business software piracy in 2007.
Source: Romail Kenneth, “http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\26\story_26-4-2008_pg5_11#mce_temp_url#,” Daily Times, April 26, 2008.
3,700 counterfeit money orders casehd in FY 2004
According to a news release by the United States Postal Inspection Service, ” The U.S. Postal Service issued 188 million postal orders in the fiscal year ending September 2004, during which approximately 3,700 counterfeit postal money orders were cashed. That works out to about one counterfeit for every 53,000 issued, and losses were calculated at [...]
Piracy rate in Vietnam as high as 92 percent
The piracy rate for software, music, and videos in Vietnam is estimated to be as high as 92 percent.
Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative, “2006 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers: Vietnam,” March 31, 2006.
Up to 70 - 80 percent of beverages sold in the Vietnamese market is reported to be counterfeit
Source: “Counterfeit goods rampant,” VietNamNet Bridge, October 22, 2007.
Pirated copy of Windows cost 50 cents in Vietnam
Source: Associated Press, “Piracy Fines to Increase in Vietnam,” International Herald Tribune, November 8, 2006.
IP theft in the United States account for $2.3 billion in losses
Source: David Lague, ” U.S. Official Presses China to Punish Piracy,” New York Times, November 15, 2006.
14,000 counterfeit goods seized by US Customs in FY 2006
In Fiscal Year 2006, the United States Customs and Border Protection agency seized more than 14,000 counterfeit goods worth more than $155 million.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, “Counterfeit Goods Seizures Up 83% in FY 2006,” Press Release, January 1,, 2007.
Drug profits in the United States
In the National Drug Threat Assessment 2007, the report states that Mexican and Colombia Drug Trafficking Organizations “together generate, remove, and launder between $8.3 billion and $24.9 billion in wholesale distribution proceeds from Mexico-produced marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin and South American cocaine and heroin annually.”
On the Northern border, “an estimated $5.2 billion to $21.2 billion [...]
10,000 people working in forced labor conditions in US
According to a study by Free the Slaves and the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley, an estimated 10,000 people are estimated to be working in forced labor conditions in the United States as a result of Human Trafficking. The study, Hidden Slaves: Forced Labor in the United States, further states that [...]
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