Published news articles have reported of individuals paying between $100,000 to $150,000 for a trafficked kidney.
Author: havocscope
Average Waiting Time for a Kidney
According to the Economist, “In America, the average waiting time for a kidney is now five years, up from less than a year in the 1980s. In Britain, there are around 6,000 people who need a transplant – and less than 2,000 such operation take place each year.”
Biggest Consumers of Illegal Organs
According to Dr. Nancy Scheper-Hughes of Organs Watch,the biggest consumers of illegally traded organs are the Americans and the Japanese.
Cases of Nuclear Material Smuggling Discovered by Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) states that since the year 2000 there are about 200 to 250 cases of nuclear and radioactive materials trafficking occurring annually.
The difference in figures is due to the fact that the IAEA only reports incidents that its members have confirmed or released publicly, where the DHS includes all known or suspected incidents that were identified by the United States and other governments.
Confirmed Cases of Radioactie Materials Smuggling in 2006
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirms 149 incidents of illicit trafficking and other unauthorized activities involving nuclear and radioactive materials took place in 2006.
Availability of Nuclear Materials Worldwide
According to Stephen Flynn, author of America the Vulnerable, “Weapons-usable nuclear materials exist in over 130 research laboratories operating in more than forty countries around the world, ranging from Ukraine to Ghana.”
Unlicensed Digital Tracks to Legal Sales
The IFPI states that the ratio of unlicensed digital tracks downloaded to licensed tracks is about 20 to 1.
9.3 million accessed pirated music from p2p in 2007
In 2007, up to 9.3 million people used p2p services to download pirated music.
Rate of Growth of Piracy Compared to Legal Services in 2007
As of October 2007, the market in the illegal piracy of music was growing at a rate of 60 percent a year, and was ten times the size of the legal downloading services.
Downloading Habits of College Students in 2006
Bloomberg News reported that more than half of U.S. college students pirated music and movies in 2006. Collectively, college students accounted for 1.3 billion illegal downloads in 2006. Two thirds of their music were obtained thorough illegal piracy.