Bollywood loses $1 billion to movie piracy in US
Source: “Desi pirates steal a billion from Bollywood,” Economic Times, May 4, 2008.
Japan under-reported $6 billion worth of Bluefin tuna over 20 years
Source: MRAG and the University of British Colombia Fisheries Centre, “The Global Extent of Illegal Fishing,” April 2008, pg. 7.
90 percent of opiates smuggled into Russia from Afghanistan
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
28.7 percent of opium farmers in Afghanistan cite poverty for growing
28.7 percent of opium farmers claimed poverty alleviation as the reason for growing opium in Afghanistan.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008.
920,000 drug users in Afghanistan
4 percent of the population, or 920,000 people, are estimated drug users in Afghanistan.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008.
34 percent average increase in poppy cultivation in Post-Taliban era
Opium poppy cultivation has increased on average by 34 percent every year since the Taliban was disposed of in 2001.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008.
12,000 Nepalese children trafficked for sex each year
According to a fact sheet by UNICEF, ”an estimated 12,000 Nepalese children, mainly girls, are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation each year within Nepal or to brothels in India and other countries.”
Source: UNICEF, “Fact Sheets: Commercial Sexual Exploitation,” Child Protection Information Sheet, May 2006.
100,000 women trafficked into Japan every year
Source: Anson Musselman, “Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking in Japan,” UCLA International Institute, November 17, 2003.
Buffaloes in India cost $350; children cost $45
According to Reuters in 2007, “traffickers are selling children in India for amounts that are often lower than the cost of animals and most of them end up working as laboreres or commercial sex workers.”
The article stated that buffaloes may cost up to $350, while child who are trafficked are sold between $12 and $45.
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India has world’s largest human trafficking problem: US State Department
The Associated Press reported in July 2007 that “a U.S. State Department report released last month found that India has the world’s largest human trafficking problem.”
Source: Associated Press, “Study: Sex trafficking spreading HIV in South Asia,” International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2007.
