Every year in Latin America, up to 50 billion pages of books are illegally copied and pirated.
Author: havocscope
Body Parts More Valuable than Whole Body
The price of a human cadaver varies depending on the way in which it is used. If the parts are dismembered and sold by piece (hand, foot, brain), then the broker will be able to gain a greater profit than if the cadaver was sold in whole.
Fake Mobile Phone Batteries in India
75 percent of mobile phone replacement batteries in India believed to be counterfeit.
Auto Industry Losses to Counterfeits in China
$9 Billion in losses to automobile parts makers around the world are due to counterfeit auto parts made in China.
Percent of Fakes in Parts Sold in India
Up to 37 percent of auto parts sold in India are believed to have been fake.
Hyundai Losses to Fake Parts From China
Around $200 million is lost in sales of auto parts to South Korean auto manufacturer Hyundai due to counterfeit parts made in China.
Kenyan Motor Dealer Losses to Fakes
Motor dealers in Kenya lost 65 percent of their market share to counterfeits in 2006, up from 50 percent in 2005. In addition, over 80 percent of Toyota parts in Kenya were found to be counterfeit.
Losses to Auto Parts Suppliers in the United States
$3 Billion in revenue is lost to parts suppliers in the United States due to counterfeit auto parts.
Lost Sales to Ford From Fakes
Automaker Ford Motor Company losses up to $1 Billion to counterfeit auto parts each year.
Value of Art Stolen From Museums and Private Collections Between 2003 to 2008
Between May 2003 and February 2008,$752.5 million of art was stolen from museums and private collections worldwide.