China’s counterfeit goods industry employs between 3 to 5 million people.
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Pirated Digital Music Files in China in 2007
Pirated music tracks consists of 99 percent of all digital music files in China in 2007.
Movies took up Most of China's Bandwidth in 2006
Movie piracy activities on the Internet took up to 70 percent of China’s bandwidth in 2006.
Number of Illegal Drug Users in China
An estimated 15 million people in China abuse and purchase illegal drugs every year.
Second Largest Opium Producer in 2005 was Myanmar
Burma/Myanmar is the world’s second largest producer of illicit opium after Afghanistan, accounting for more than 90 percent of heroin in Southeast Asia. (World Crime Statistics by Country.) Source: United States Department of State, “2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report,” Southeast Asia: Burma, March 2006.
Opium cultivation in Burma
In the 2006 World Drug Report, the UN estimates the area of opium poppy cultivation to be at 32,800 hectares. The total estimated production of opium in 2005 was estimated at 312 metric tons.
Salary from Selling Pirated Goods in Myanmar
According to a report by the Associated Press, legitimate CDs and DVDs are sold around $1.50, where pirated music copies are sold on the black market for prices as low as 30 cents. One seller was quoted as saying that he makes $13 a day selling pirated goods in Burma. The average income in Burma is about $1,700 a year.
Pirated Music Files in Brazil
Every year 1.8 billion music files are pirated in Brazil.
Cannabis from Afghanistan
According to the United Nations, Afghanistan is the world’s biggest supplier of cannabis.
Taliban Earnings from Drugs in 2008
In early 2008, the Taliban was earning $100 Million in drug trafficking revenue by taxing opium farmers in Afghanistan.