Italy Black Market: $11.1 Billion
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,” [...]
Counterfeit Good Sales in Italy
According to Italy’s national retailers’ association, 7.2 Billion Euros ($10.25 Billion) was generated in sales of counterfeit goods in 2006.
Source: Dow Jones, “Italy Contraband Market Europe’s No.1: Revenue Top EUR 7 Billion-Assoc,” Smart Money, October 24, 2007.
Between $450 million to $1.25 billion in 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,” October [...]
5,000 victims of human trafficking in Italy
Source: EUROPOL, ” 2005 EU Organised Crime Report,” October 25, 2005, pg. 16.
40,000 jobs lost in Italy over past decade to counterfeits
60 percent of the counterfeit goods market is based on counterfeit clothing and other fashion products, and caused 40,000 lost jobs in Italy over the past decade.
Source: Vivia Chen, ” Italy’s Fashion Houses Wake Up to the Impact of Counterfeit Goods,” August 22, 2006, (accessed: August 23, 2006).
6.6 percent of Italy’s population used cocaine
6.6 percent of citizens between the ages of 15 to 64 have used cocaine once in their life, and 2.1 percent of the population last used cocaine in 2005.
Source: EMCDDA, “Italy Country Data Sheet.”
$4.6 billion spent on counterfeit clothing in Italy in 2006
Source: Dow Jones, “Italy Contraband Market Europe’s No.1: Revenue Top EUR 7 Billion-Assoc,” Smart Money, October 24, 2007.
