Estimates of the number of illegal firearms range from 500,000 to 4 million.
The criminal proceeds generated annually by illegal logging range from $10 billion to $15 billion, most of which is "controlled by organized crime, untaxed and used to pay corrupt government officials at all levels," the report said.
Based on conversations with highly placed officers from the elite Indian Administrative Service and government officials, the author notes that the people involved in the illegal practice range from district level officials to government ministers.
The big seasonal lake at Paralimni, for example, near where I was patrolling with the CABS people, is a noisy dust bowl commandeered for an illegal shooting range and an illegal motocross course, carpeted with shotgun shells, and extensively littered with construction debris, discarded large appliances, and household trash.
According to the attorney general's office, methods used by illegal brokers range from sending "diggers" to stand in line at the box office to using high-speed dialing equipment and other tactics for increasing their chances of getting through by telephone to buying tickets from fans and sending in numerous mail-order forms under different names.
Estimates of numbers of illegal immigrants range between 35,000 and 120,000.
A resort complex in northwest Laos targeting Chinese visitors has become a "lawless playground" for the trade in illegal wildlife ranging from tiger meat to bear paws, an advocacy group said Thursday.
He added that illegal efforts ranged from large-scale attacks on transport and financial systems to attempts to steal private information from individuals.
"Even with only a sales tax, legal cannabis prices in 2018 will likely be as high as illicit market prices in 2015-2016," says the report, which adds that the current average price of illegal product ranges from $8.32 and $9.36 per gram.
Experts now say the illegal population may range from 7.1 to 9 million people.
