Of the 6.2 Million unauthorized migrants in the United States, over 90% of people crossing the Mexican border in the late 1990’s were believed to have paid a guide for their services.
Tag: Human Smuggling
Information and statistics on the black market activity of human smuggling. Includes prices, routes and figures regarding the smuggling of illegal immigrants and people.
Mexico Human Smuggling earnings
According to author Moises Naim, the FBI estimates that the Mexican people trade earns the networks $6 to $9 billion each year.
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.
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.
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.
Human Smuggling to Europe
More than 50,000 people from Africa reached the southern shores of Europe in 2006. Those that paid a human smuggler to guide them into Europe paid the smugglers between $2,000 to$5,000, depending on the origins of the person.
Human smuggler usage on the US-Mexico border
In the late 1990s, 90 percent of illegal immigrants in the US from Mexico were believed to have paid a human smuggler to guide them over the border.