10,000 to 50,000 people from China smuggling into US each year
Estimates on the number of people being smuggled into the United States from China range from 10,000 to 50,000.
Source: Alex Kotlowitz, ” The Smugglers Due,” New York Times, June 11, 2006.
Median profit for Chinese smuggler was $10,000
According to a study published by the National Institute of Justice (US), the median profit per client for the smuggler was $10,000.
Source: National Institute of Justice, “Characteristics of Chinese Human Smugglers,” Research in Brief, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, August 2004,pg.7, (accessed: September 3, 2006).
Chinese were paying $41,800 to be smuggled into United Kingdom
Chinese Nationals were paying $41,800 to be smuggled from China into the United Kingdom before being arrested by authorities.
Source: AFP,”Police Smash Turkish people-smuggling ring,,” Google News, January 31, 2008.
US Coast Guard intercepted 3,197 Cuban migrants in 2007
In 2007, the United States Coast Guard interdicted 3,197 Cuban migrants, compared to 2,293 in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, “Cuba says 2 migrants drown when smuggling boat capsizes off coast,” International Herald Tribune, December 28, 2007.
90 percent of Cubans enter US through Mexico
According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, nearly 90 percent of all undocumented Cubans who enter the United States now come through Mexico rather then reaching the U.S. by boat. Migrants pay smugglers up to $10,000 to cross the Yucatan Channel into Mexico and then travel up to the U.S. Border.
Source: Will Weissert, [...]
40 Cuban baseball players smuggled out between 2000 and 2007
Source: Kevin Baxter, ” Ball players from Cuba are now flee agents,” Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2007.
$8,000 to $10,000 to be smuggled into US from Cuba
Source: Warren Richey, “As Castro heals,Cuba’s people smugglers get back to business,” Christian Science Monitor, August 18, 2006,(accessed: August 23, 2006).
Average of 1,400 people from Cuba seized in waters
Every year since 2000, the United States Coast Guard has intercepted more than 1,400 people attempting to cross the Florida Straits to gain entry into the United States.
Source: Warren Richey, “As Castro heals,Cuba’s people smugglers get back to business,” Christian Science Monitor, August 18, 2006,(accessed: August 23, 2006).
$2,000 to $10,000 to be smuggled into China from North Korea
Source: Sarah Buckley, “Escaping North Korea,” BBC News, July 28, 2004,(accessed: May 23, 2006).
Total of 50,000 to 100,000 North Koreans living in China
Source: Andrei Lankov, “The Natural death of North Korean Stalinism,” Asia Policy, No.1, January 2006, pg. 95-121, (accessed: May 23, 2006).
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