According to a report by TRAFFIC, “Worldwide, the number of ivory seizures averages 92 cases a month – or three per day.”
Category: Transnational Crime
News and statistics on transnational crime activities. Monitors organized crime, arms trafficking and other illegal markets.
Cheapest Kidneys are from the Philippines
According to the non-governmental organization Asia Against Child Trafficking, the cheapest kidneys sold on the black market are from the Philippines. Filipinos who sell their kidneys on the black market are paid an average of $1,500, up to 20 times cheaper than the $30,000 average price of a kidney sold in the United States.
Number of Children Working in Sex Trade in Las Vegas
A report from Shared Hope International has found that in a single month more than 400 children were working as prostitutes in Las Vegas.
The $100 million Guatemalan Adoption Industry
The AP reports that the adoption industry in Guatemala is worth $100 Million.
Human smuggling in Guatemala
A Guatemalan human smuggling ring was charging people between $1,200 to $3,700 to smuggle them into the United States. The organization was smuggling up to 100 humans to Los Angeles each week.
Price of Dead Bodies in China
A reported by ABC News stated that dead Chinese bodies, which may have included executed prisoners, were sold for $200 to $300 on the black market.
Human smuggling fee to the United Kingdom
A Turkish human smuggling gang was charging Chinese nationals $41,800 to be smuggled across Asia and Europe and into Britain. The journey would take up to 18 months.
Kidney Price in the Philippines
According to the Department of Health in the Philippines, the average cost of a kidney purchased on the black market was $3,600 (150,000 Philippine Pesos), with the donor of the kidney getting a third of that price and the brokers receiving two-thirds of the amount.
Prices of Organ in Israel
Two men sentenced in Israel for trafficking humans for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs were selling them on the black market at prices between $125,000 to $135,000.
Illegal Immigrants in Malaysia becomes victims of trafficking
Around 1.5 Million illegal immigrants are living in Malaysia. Those who are arrested are taken to the border of Thailand where they pay human smugglers $450 to be taken back into Malaysia.