Human Trafficking Profits in Italy
According to the 2005 EU Organised Crime Report, ” With regards to Italy, recent research estimates the annual number of victims at over 5,000 with annual profits from the sale and sexual exploitation of women ranging from EUR 380 to EUR 950 Million ($450 Million to $1.25 Billion).”
Source: EUROPOL, ” 2005 EU Organised Crime Report,” [...]
Human Smuggling Market in Mexico
According to author Moises Naim, the FBI estimates that “the Mexican people trade earns the networks $6 to $9 billion each year.
Source: Moises Naim, Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are hijacking the global economy, (New York: Doubleday, 2005), pg. 88.
Human Smuggling Market in China
According to author Moises Naim, ” human smuggling out of China alone has been estimated between $1 and $3 billion per year”.
Source: Moises Naim, Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are hijacking the global economy, (New York: Doubleday, 2005), pg. 88.
Human Tissue and Body Parts Trafficking Market Value: $6 Million
The Human Tissue and Body Parts market consists of the buying and selling of body parts taken from human cadavers. The supply of body parts are taken from bodies that are either donated to medical schools and other organizations, or stolen from morgues and cremation centers. As USA Today reported [...]
Organ Trafficking Market Value: $50 Million
Havocscope is currently estimating the illicit market value for organ trafficking to be $50 million based on the following sources.
1. According to the World Health Organization, the average price paid to a kidney donor on the black market is ” likely to be about US $5000.
2. An article from Reuters quoted [...]
Kidnap and Ransom Market Value: $500 Million
The Foreign Policy Centre, a think-tank located in the Untied Kingdom, estimated in 2001 that “kidnappers globally take home well over $500 million each year - and rising.”
Source: Rachel Briggs, “The Kidnapping Business,” The Foreign Policy Centre, 2001, pg.1,
(accessed: February 19, 2007).
International Adoptions Market Value: $1.3 Billion
The 2005 EU Organized Crime Report stated that an estimated 1 million children are involved in illegal adoptions. The market value of these adoptions are estimated to be worth EUR 1 billion ($1.3 Billion) a year.
Source: EUROPOL, “2005 EU Organized Crime Report”, October 25, 2005, pg.16, (accessed: March 25, 2007).
Human Smuggling Market Value: $10 Billion
The Human Smuggling market is estimated to be $10 billion.
Source: Julie Watson, AP, “Coyotes brazenly ply their trade,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 24, 2006.
Human Trafficking Market Value: $32 Billion
$10 billion is generated based on the initial sale of a person.
If the profits from the activities that is produced by the person who is trafficked is included, then the International Labour Organization (ILO) states that the market value of human trafficking stands at $32 billion, leading to a profit of $13,000 per trafficked person.
Source: [...]
One to Two percent of all migrants from Moldova may be trafficked
According to an article in The New Yorker, “one to two percent of all Moldovan migrants may find themselves trafficked at some point.”
Source: William Finnegan, “The Countertraffickers,” New Yorker, May 5, 2008.
