Trash Smuggling Market Value: $11 Billion

Posted on May 10, 2008
Filed Under Contraband Index, environmental goods |

According to the United States Government, trash smugglers who illegally dump trash and other hazardous materials earn $10 to $12 billion.

Source: United States International Crime Threat Assessment, “Environmental Crimes,” December 15, 2000, available at Federation of American Scientists, (last accessed: January 30, 2006).

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