Between 2011 and 2013, authorities in Chile seized 362,752 pirated books from stores across the country. The pirated books were…
A study conducted by the Mexican House of Representatives reported on the top countries in Latin American where money laundering…
Human traffickers were bringing illegal immigrants from Haiti into Chile. In the process of smuggling in the immigrants, the traffickers…
In 2011, around 2,400 people from foreign countries were arrested for crimes in Chile. 70 percent of those arrested were for drug trafficking activities. 48 percent of the drug trafficking arrests were of people from Bolivia, 34 percent from Peru, and 8 percent of the foreign nationals were from Argentina. In 2011, up to 5 percent of the jail population in Chile were of foreign nationals.
In 2010, police in Chile seized 69,866 counterfeit goods items valued at $427,670. Among the counterfeit goods seized were counterfeit cigarettes, clothing and auto parts. Between 2008 and 2010, police arrested over 12,500 people for selling counterfeit goods.
The European Trade Commission reported that up to 35 percent of revenue for the audiovisual industry in Chile is lost each year to piracy.