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Afghanistan – Election Bribes$1 to $18 per vote
Afghanistan – Police Bribe$100,000 to be Police Chief
Afghanistan Average Bribe Amount$214 in 2012
Africa – Bribe Payments of Govt Officials$20 to $40 Billion
Amount of Bribes Paid Worldwide$1 Trillion per year
Bangladesh – Bribes Paid per Household$86
Businesses – Rise in Market Value from Bribes$11 for $1 in bribe
Cambodia – Bribes for Fishing Permit$50
Cambodia – Bribes to Operate Fake License Shop$2.50 per day
Cambodia – Citizens Paying Bribes to Receive Services72%
China – Bribe to become a City Assemblyman$44,000
China – Bribes to Education Officials$10,000 for School Admission
China – Bribes to Rail Ministry$14,897 for job as Train Attendant
China – Impact of Bribes on Drug Prices20%
Companies Asked to Pay Bribes Worldwide28%
Croatia – Average Bribe Payment$300
Czech Republic Average Bribe Amount$248 to $497
Education Corruption1 in 6 students pay bribes
Greece- Bribes Paid by Families$2,500 to Public Officials
Guatemala – Bribes from Drug Traffickers$2,500 to Public Officials
Haiti – Bribe to Border Official for Human Trafficker$400 per immigrant
Illegal Loggers$25,000 to $50,000 in bribes for permits
India – Bribe to Sell DVDs$0.18 to Police
India – Bribes to Police to Sell Water$0.18 to Police
India – Families Paying Bribes4 million families
Indonesia – Bribe to Chief Justice$250,000
Indonesia – Bribe to Oil Regulator$600,000
Indonesia – Bribes to Prison Guard$500 to use cell phone
Indonesia – Businesses Paying Bribes60%
Iraq – Bribes to Prison Guards$100 to Take a Single Shower
Ivory Coast – Bribes at Traffic Checkpoints$300 Million
Kenya – Bribes to Customs and Port Officials$5,797 per shipment
Kenya -Average Bribes Paid Per Month16
Mexico – Amount of Bribes Paid$2.75 Billion in 2010
Mexico – Average Bribe Paid$14
Mexico – Bribes Collected by Police65% less than $6,000
Mexico – Bribes Paid by Drug Cartel to Police$1.2 Billion Per Year
Mexico – Sinaloa Cartel Boss to Escape Prison$2.5 Million
Nigeria – Bribes Accepted by Government Workers$3.2 Billion
Nigeria – Bribes Paid by Shell$2 Million in bribes, $14 Million in profit
North Korea – Bribes to Border Guard by Defector$6,000
North Korea – Bribes to Inspectors$2,000 per visit
Pakistan – Bribe to Police from Artifact Smuggler$10.62 per day of digging
Pakistan – Bribes Paid by Smugglers$1,200 to Police Chiefs
Peru – Bribe to Stop Logging Investigation$5,000
Romania – Bribe to Receive Brain Surgery$6,500
Romania – Bribes Paid Per Day$1 Million
Romania – Bribes to Hospital For Employment$40,000
Russia – Average Bribe Paid$189
Russia – Bribes to Forest OfficialsCases of Vodka
Russia – Business Bribe$10,000
Russia – Education Admission Bribes$1 Billion
Russian -Amount of Bribes Paid$5.9 Billion in 2010
South AfricaTraffic Police Ask for Most Bribes
Thailand – Bribes to Police to Allow Human Smuggling$160 per migrant
Thailand – Kickback and Bribes to Officials25-35% of project value
Thailand -Impact of Bribes on Economy$3.3 Billion
Ukraine – Bribes to Police$1,000 from brothel owners
United Kingdom – People who Paid Bribes1 in 20
United States – Bribe to Border Agent$15,000
United States – Bribes to Prison Guard$5,000 to pass meth
United States – Bribes to TSA Screener$2,400 for each suitcase
United States – Corruption At Workplace60% believe common
Vietnam – Bribes to Forest Official$2,300
Vietnam – Impact of Bribes on Drug Prices 40 – 60%
Human Trafficking Victims Sold Into Slavery
Babies in China: $7,800
Babies in Indonesia: $160 to $250
Children in Ghana: $50 to parent, then $300 to trafficker
Children in India: $45, versus $350 for buffalo
Children in Mali: $600 for child soldier
Children in Thailand: $25 typical price to “rent” a child beggar
Children in the United Kingdom: $25,000
Girl in India: $24
Girls from Romania: $3,000 to $6,000
Girls in Bangladesh: $250
Girls in Kenya: $600 for Girls between the age of 10 to 15
Girls from Mozambique: $2
Person in Canada: $4,879 paid by pimp to trafficker
Roma Child Bride: $270,000
Teenage girls in Iraq: $5,000 for Virgins, $2.500 for Non-Virigns
Teenage girls in Ontario, Canada: $5,989 for a girl from Quebec
Virgin Child in Cambodia: $500 to $800
Virgin Girl in Medellin, Colombia: $2,600 in online auction
Women from North Korea (by age): $1,066 (20s), $761 (30s), $457 (40s)
Women from Vietnam to China: $11,800 to purchase wife
Profits from the Business of Crime and Illegal Jobs
Afghanistan – Taliban$200 Million a year from Opium
Antique Looter1 percent of final sale price
Asian Massage Parlor – New Jersey, United States$108,000 per year
Asian Massage Parlor – Washington DC, United States$1.2 Million per year
Assassin – Colombia$600 monthly retainer, $3,000 per hit
Assassin – Mexico$3,000 to teenagers
Bootlegger – Pakistan$4,000 per year
Bride Trafficker Broker – Cambodia$1,500 per bride
Child Beggar – Pakistan$1.88 to $2.36 per day
Child Beggar – Thailand$20 per day
Child Begging Ring – China$40,000 per year
Child Begging Ring – Saudi Arabia$15,000 per month
Child Prostitute – New Zealand$496 to $662 per day
Cigarette Smuggler – Mali$200 per trip, $2,000 if cocaine
Cigarette Smuggling – USA$500,000 from One Run
Cigarette Truck Unloader – Indian Reservation, USA$200 per truck
Coal Mining – Mexico$25 Million by Los Zetas
Coca Farmer – Peru$9,860 per year, $1,554 growing coffee
Cockfighting – Management of Matches$2,000 a day
Cockfighting – Prize Money for Winning Rooster$15,000
Counterfeit Dollars – Peru$20,000 for every $100,000 in fakes
Counterfeit Drug Seller$450,000 based on $1,000 investment
Crystal Meth Smuggler – Indonesia$311 per trip
Custom Officials – Mexico$1 Million per shipment passed through
Driver License Broker – Afghanistan$10,000 per year
Drug Dealer – Rio de Janeiro$15 Million in Favelas
Drug Mule – Indonesia$15,000 to swallow 76 capsules of heroin
Drug Mule – Panama$5,000 per trip
Drug Mule – Paraguay Local$200 per trip
Drug Mule – Paraguay Tourist$3,970 per trip
Drug Mule – Teen in Mexico$50 to $100 per trip across border
Drug Smugglers – Guatemala$600 Million to $800 Million per year
Extortionist – Guatemalan Prison $6,000 a week
Extortionist Gang – Colombia$100,000 per month
Fake Degrees – Europe$50 Million per year to 15,000 customers
Fake Degrees Online Website$5 Million in 9 years
Fake Viagra Seller- South Korea$0.84 per tablet
Football Match Fixing Syndicate$15 Billion per year
Gambling Runners – Singapore$1,957 per day handling bets
Gold Smuggler – India$33.50 for 10 grams
Gun Straw Purchasers – United States$500 per gun for Mexican Drug Cartel
Heroin Dealer – Ireland$694 per week
High Class Escort – Florida, United States$80,000 a month
Human Smugglers – Indonesia$1 Million per boat to Australia
Human Smugglers – South Korea$2,500
Human Trafficker – Canada$79,380 per year
Human Trafficker – New York City$100,000 per year
Human Trafficker – United Kingdom$77,000 per year
Human Trafficker – Vietnam$470 to move victim to China
Human Trafficking Broker – Bangladesh$1,638 per girl
Human Trafficking Broker – Ireland$394 per child
Kidnappers – Virtual Kidnappers$1,000 to $3,000 per ransom
Legal Brothel Owner40 to 50 percent of sex workers earnings
Logger – Madagascar$1.33 per kilo for illegal timber
Marijuana Plant – United States$2,200
Meth Trafficking – Thailand$168 per trip
Money Launderer – Mexico15 cents to each dollar laundered
Money Mule – United Kingdom8 percent of cash laundered
Oil Thieves – Nigeria$6,098 per day
Online Dating Scammers – Ivory Coast$13,000 a month
Online Drug Dealer$3 Million for Top Seller on Silk Road
Online Extortion$500 to $15,000 in “sextortion”
Online Game Hacker$16,000 a month in China
Online Streaming Website$4.4 Million for largest sites
Opium Farmer – Afghanistan$4,900 vs $770 for wheat farmer
Opium Farmer – Myanmar$6 per day vs. $1.20 for rice
Opium Farmer – Students$15 to $20 per day during season
Organ Trafficker – Turkey$10,000 profit
Passport Seller – Thailand$200 to sell own passport
Pickpockets – Barcelona, Spain$6,132 per week
Pimp$67,200 per year
Pimp – Child Pimp in Indonesia$3,000 a month
Pirate – Somalia$30,000 to $75,000 per hijacking
Pirated Book Seller – Mumbai, India$2 per book
Pirated DVD Seller – Los Angeles$50,000 a month
Pirated DVD Seller – Mexico$2 Million per day
Pirated Movie Uploader$1 to $2 per 1,000 views
Poppy Farmer – Afghanistan$10,000 per year, $120 if wheat
Prison Guard – United States$3,000 to $5,000 Smuggling Contraband
Prostitute – Brazil$100,000 (High-End Prostitute)
Prostitute – Calcutta, India$1.85 a day
Prostitute – Cannes, France$40,000 a night
Prostitute – Jamaica$470 per day
Prostitute – Java, Indonesia$952 per month
Prostitute – Kuwait$570 per month
Prostitute – Male Prostitute in LondonHigh of $49,000
Prostitute – Orange Country, California$700 a day
Prostitute – Pennsylvania, United States$20,000 a week
Prostitute – South Korea$70 per session
Prostitute – UgandaUp to $500 a night
Prostitute – Washington, DC$500 per day
Prostitutes – Filipino Women in Japan$150 Million a year
Ransomware$5 Million a year
Roma Thief$7,000 a month
Spam Sellers – Russia$60 Million a year
United States Workers$2 Trillion Not Reported to IRS
AK-47 and Other Guns on the Black Market
Afghanistan$1,500
Afghanistan-Kabul$1,500 for US issued Night Vision Googles
Australia$15,493 in Sydney
Average price of AK-47 worldwide$534
Canada$2,000 for handgun, $600 to rent
Europe$400 to $900 for Rocket Launchers and AK-47s
Iraq$800, with Osama Bin Laden’s favorite model for $2,000
Iraq-Bullets$0.15 to $0.45 per bullet
Iraq-Rocket Launcher$100, $50 per grenade
Mexico-AK-47$1,400 on US border/$3,000 in South
Mexico-Gernade$100 to $500 for M67 Grenade
Niger Delta-AK-47$75
Philippines$120 for .22 Caliber Magnum Black Widow
Profit in the U.S.$500 for selling AK-47 to Drug Cartels
Somalia$400 for Russian AK-47, $600 for North Korean AK-47
Sudan$86 for AK-47, $33 for child
Syria$2,100 for AK-47, $2,000 for RPG
Thailand$2,600 for gun