Various criminal justice programs across the Middle East have seen a rise in the amphetamine market in recent years. The…
Refugees from Syria are paying boat operators $3,000 for a one-way trip to Europe, according to a report by Foreign…
According to the Internal Security Force, most human trafficking victims discovered in Lebanon are people from Syria. In 2009, out…
The Associated Press quoted a 19 year old woman who was offering sex for $7 at a refugee camp in…
Up to 46 percent of the buildings in Syria were constructed illegally and without the proper permits. These buildings house over half of the entire Syrian population.
At the time of the uprising and civil war in Syria in 2011 to 2012, there were an estimated 10,000 foreign workers in Syria. According to the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, up to 90 percent of those workers were undocumented. They were in the country either through human smuggling activities or victims of human trafficking.
Most Filipinos working in Syria were victims of human trafficking. Illegal recruit practices by employment firms in the Philippines generate $37 Million a year.
At the start of 2012, the black market price for an AK-47 increased to $2,100 as the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad continued. Before the uprising and protests, the cost for an AK-47 in Syria was reported to be $1,200.
Virgin teenage girls in Iraq are reported to be sold to human traffickers for $5,000, double the price of non-virgins. The girls are trafficked to Northern Iraq, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.