$21.6 Billion in losses from Counterfeit Goods in the UK
Adam Harcourt-Webster, “Britain’s favorite fakes,” BBC News, February 14, 2008, (accessed February 18,2008) Currency conversion based on February 18, 2008 rates.
4,000 women trafficked into United Kingdom
As of 2003, an estimated 4,000 women are believed to have been trafficked into the United Kingdom to work in the prostitution industry.
Source: “2012 Games sex trafficking fears,” BBC News, March 23, 2007.
British recording industry loses 165 million GBP to piracy
According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the recording industry loses an estimated 165 million GBP in revenue in piracy.
Source: Counterfeit Products figures (except music) taken from:Alliance Against IP Theft,”The Cost of Counterfeiting: Survey Results 2005″,June 29, 2005.
37 million pirate CDS sold in UK annually
Source: Reuters, ” CD piracy weighs on music industry,” Reuters.co.uk, August 28, 2006.
Microsoft loses $498 million per year to software piracy in UK
Source: Andy McCue, “Microsoft launches ‘terrorist-fuelling’ piracy crackdown,” Silicon.com, February 16, 2007, (accessed: May 1, 2007).
8,300 pirated Microsoft software found on British business computers
Between July 2006 to April 2007, more than 8,300 pieces of pirated Microsoft software were found on British business computers.
Source: Andy McCue, “One-third of businesses run fake Microsoft software,” Silicon.com, April 26, 2007,(accessed: May 1, 2007).
Two-thirds of UK consumers proud to purchase fakes
The Guardian Newspaper has reported that “Buying counterfeit goods has become socially acceptable, with more than two thirds of UK consumers proud to tell their friends and family that they had purchased fakes”.
Source: Hilary Osborne, “Buying fakes is OK say shoppers,” Guardian Unlimited, July 23, 2007.
29.6 percent of UK population smoked marijuana
29.6 percent of the population has smoked marijuana at least once in their lifetime, and 6.5 percent of the population has used cocaine at least once in their lifetime.
Source: EMCDDA, “United Kingdom Data Sheet.”
4,000 victims of human trafficking in Britain in 2003
Source: Peter Graff, “To fight prostitution, some say target clients,” Reuters, April 22, 2008.
Only 12 tonnes of illegal cavier seizures in 5 years
The Independent reported that ” EU countries imported 591 tonnes of caviar in 2006, but seizures of illegal caviar between 2000 and 2005 totaled just 12 tonnes.”
Source: Martin Hickman, ” British restaurants using black market caviar,” The Independent, July 26, 2007.
