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However, cell phone video filmed by a neighbor and obtained by ABC affiliate KSAT News shows a shirtless Flores putting his hands up multiple times and little if any effort by law enforcement to employ non-lethal force.

Instead, the alarming footage appears to feature one, if not both officers opening fire on Flores as his hands are raised in the air.

“Certainly what’s in the video is a cause for concern,” Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau commented on the footage Friday, “but it’s important to let the investigation go through its course so that we can assure a thorough and complete review of all that occurred.”

Yesterday, the department posted a message to Facebook denouncing KSAT 12 News for making the footage publicly available, labeling the news group’s act “unethical and sad” and “sensational.”

This video was released today and shows police brutality first hand in America!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ft_9quXUfU&ebc=ANyPxKrLDVbLLAndbUC26UeSmy2swiz7pOOrq6w7AHRiCFsWnwfhBrboMSwL-EzxbxyiO1mCwTSNLBZDH6ZZlzZRVC40q_v1Zg

Buhari might be the last chance we have to change Nigeria for the better in our generation

Why can't I get answers to my questions? Please let us stop blindly following the elites who have destroyed this country, please let us support Buhari and break our bondage to the ELITES for good.

Corruption. That canker-worm has burrowed a comfortable home in the main fabric of the Nigerian Customs Service. You feel it everywhere you turn. It stares you in the face. It is so present; so visceral, so real. It stands next to you. It is by your side. It is everywhere. It is a way of life. It is the blood of the agency. It is all that the service represents. I used to think that the Nigeria Police Force is deep in the art, until my recent experience unraveled the stench that oozes from the bowels of this modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
It all started in April this year, when a relation of mine decided to import a used car from the United States. He contacted me, an “omo Eko”, to be his “ears and eyes” to get the vehicle cleared from Tin Can Island Port through a clearing and forwarding agent. I quickly contacted an agent, upon recommendation by another friend. He “shocked” me by saying that clearing a used car from Tin Can Island Port is akin to passing the proverbial camel through the needle’s eye. He estimated that I may spend as much as the cost of the car in the port before I can lay hands on it. I thought it was a joke.
I handed the Bill of Lading to him to start processing. He reported back the next day that the Customs demanded for N0.5 million before they can “value” the car, else I would have to pay more than N 7,000,000.00 to clear! I was alarmed and I resisted.
After 2 weeks of back and forth, I decided to visit the port myself. I hitched a SeaCoaster boat ride across the Lagos Lagoon and in 5 minutes, I was face-to-face with barefaced corruption. Impunity beyond belief. I was tossed around like a yoyo, until I finally got to the office of one Mr. Kolo Baba Jiiyah, the PA to the Controller for Tin Can Port, Mrs. Talatu. His office is tucked in the inner recesses of the Customs compound in Tin Can. Seated on a desk by his corner is a full-size framed photograph of Talatu, an obviously overfed bulky woman, struggling between a bulging tummy and the demands of her “salute” posture, standing on an epitaph that read “African Customs Officer of the Year 2013”. The drapes that formed the backdrop obviously depicted the colors of Ghana, where the "award" was handed. This much was confirmed by the next statement: “award given in Accra, Ghana blablabla…”. While I scanned the office, Mr. Kolo was busy on the phone, negotiating with someone on the other side about “money for madam” and the other stakeholders, and the one that must go to Abuja. The phone call dragged on and on, until another customs lady came in to toss a bulging envelope to Kolo. He dropped the call, took a look and the envelope and asked how much. The woman replied 3M. He smiled, opened his steel cabinet and tossed it in. He said the amount was less than they negotiated and the customs woman replied that the man said he ran out of cash completely!And I waited.
It went past 1 hour after I arrived when he spoke to me. His tone was commanding. I should get out of his office and look for money to clear my car. He referred me to “valuation” - a unit in the agency, across the road where arbitrary values are placed on imported whares. I got there sharply. It is a reprehensible sight of commotion, confusion, chaos and disorganization. Hundreds of rowdy men and women loiter around the vicinity, wheeling and dealing. Most of them, from the Eastern side of our dear country. Money was changing hands in quick succession. People were literally standing on their heads to scramble for valuation papers. I sauntered into the Valuation Officer's dingy office, clutching unto my car papers. He momentarily looked at me, and requested that I wait outside. After about an hour, I intruded into his office space aain and demanded that I be attended to. The valuation man referred me back to Kolo with a caveat that only Kolo is responsible for cars that were made from 2014 upwards. That was how the day ended.
Another two weeks after, the agent came with a paper stating that customs insisted I must send N 4 million and the corresponding N.05 million for officers. In frustration, I sent the money. The agent went to get the car but brought a Skye Bank Teller that read N3,200,000.00 paid in favor of the Nigeria Customs Service! I instantly knew that I had been swindled. And I would not take it. The car did not come out either. So, I returned to Tin Can Island. Whodunit?
I connected with my agent again and demanded that he shows me the man that he handed over half a million Naira to! He took me to Kolo. Kolo again? It crossed my mind that I actually complained to Kolo in my earlier visit that someone in the Customs Service, was demanding for money to clear my car. I expected that he would “do something” about it. I never knew that he was the actual culprit! I sensed that something grander, deeper and more odoriferous was in that place. Something sinister yet familiar. I decided to dig deeper.
My agent told me that paying money to Kolo and indeed, his “Oga Madam” is a way of life. That the money is shared around, and that a share must be sent to Abuja for the Controller-General. He said that I was lucky to be billed only half a million.
I confronted Kolo about the sleaze. He told me to rather focus on my car, than think about how much I spent! Few hours after, I was told that the rates for clearing cars have been adjusted by the new government of President Buhari; that my car cannot come out again.
In astonishment, I went to Oga Madam. She told me to go look for another N2.8 million Naira to clear the car; that the code that was used to make my earlier payment to customs in Skye Bank was no longer valid since customs had upgraded the system! She was very audacious. Very commanding. Very haughty. Very in-charge. There was something fundamentally not ok with that woman. I continued to dig!
I was told that she is an “untouchable” within the customs system. I was told the even the Controller-General is afraid of Mrs. Talatu. I was told that her roots penetrate very deep; that she was planted by IBB and that everybody in the system, including the CGC is afraid of Talatu. She draws her power from the forces of darkness that have held this country to its knees since 1960. She is the law. She determines what you pay for what import.

I had to cry to Berekete Family Radio Programme in Love FM - Abuja; originate petitions to “ogas at the top”, etc. for the car to be released with a very huge bil for demurrage. I learnt my lessons and have lived with the trauma unto this day.
Nigeria Customs Service stinks to high heavens. This is the reason I applaud President Buhari for appointing a no-nonsense Colonel Ali into the Customs Service. He needs to use a very big broom to sweep the service very fast. Too many extremely corrupt fat cats to weed out. Too many entrenched interests. Too many vested interests. Too many decades of decay. My experience with the Customs completely destroyed my faith in the ability of our country to ever get better. I hope Ali proves me wrong.

https://www.nairaland.com/2561657/horrible-experience-customs-support-buhari

Nigerians can only be described as a very wicked people who do not seek the good of others or their own good.

Despite the carnage and overwhelming RAPE of their country by Goodluck Jonathan and his Federal Character Cronies or that of Obasanjo; we still have the guts to claim that Buhari is Sectional. Please what has appointing someone to steal the country's resources from your place brought for you?

Let us not be deceived, the ELITES own the MEDIA and thus public opinion and when the government of the day is not paying them they will use their attack dogs in the media to twist public opinion of simpletons who do not reason on their own to do critical thinking.

These same ELITES told us that Buhari is going to ISLAMISE us all but when his appointements do not particularly favour any religion they change their tone to say that he is tribalistic and following a sectional agenda. They do not know tribe or religion they are only in this country to live FAT off the public in a very rich country with poor citizens.

Buhari appears sectional because he is appointing people from whom he has worked with in the past and can vouch for their integrity. Corruption cannot be totally erased but it should not be taken to the level of MADNESS which we saw in the last administration. My friends in the military attest to the fact that the latest appointements in the military where done on merit and not based on what section of the country they come from. He chooses those who have not being corrupted with the spoils of public office.

Please why has Islamisation turned to Northernisation. Beware of the ELITES who want to use you through their ownership of the press to cheat you from enjoying what God has Blessed you with in this country. You all know that the number one problem with this country has been BAD LEADERSHIP!!!

TRY AND CHOOSE FREEDOM FROM THIS ECONOMIC BONDAGE WE HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FOR DECADES. I believe GMB was sent for a time like this when with low oil prices, corruption would have led to the death of this country because after they all steal there will be literally NOTHING for the rest of us.

Thank you!!!

It is to replace their retiring fleet of humvees

There must be increased surveillance all over abuja, abeg!!

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150828-inside-the-oshkosh-jltv-the-us-militarys-new-hummer-replacement

This initial contract calls for delivery of some 17,000 vehicles between 2018 and 2022, but it could ultimately be worth some $30b to the company, as the JLTV gradually replaces the US military's ageing fleet of 280,000 Hummers.

It's no small sum, but the Oshkosh JLTV is a thoroughly modern war machine, one that outperforms the Hummer in every way. Design requirements called for a new vehicle that was tougher, more capable, more versatile, easier to transport, easier to fix and above all, more protective of the soldiers and Marines who will operate it.

All it needs now is a catchy name. On that front, "Hummer" will be hard to beat.

DSS says they are working hard to prevent another attack in ABUJA!!

[b]Nigeria has uncovered a spy cell run by militant Islamist group Boko Haram at the international airport in the capital Abuja [/b]apparently aimed at selecting targets for attack, the country's national security agency said.

In a statement late on Friday, the Department of State Services (DSS) said it discovered the ring on Monday and was working with aviation authorities to pre-empt any attack.

President Muhammadu Buhari has made halting Boko Haram's six-year-old insurgency a priority, but a Reuters tally shows the jihadist group has killed more than 700 people in Nigeria in bomb attacks and shootings since he came to office on May 29.

The DSS said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy who said he had been instructed to spy on the airport's security procedures, including passenger screening and boarding processes, and report what he had learned.

It said the man who directed the boy had not been located.

"The service, in liaison with the aviation security of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, disrupted a spying network mounted by the Boko Haram terrorists," DSS spokesman Tony Opuiyo said in the statement.

"The service is working closely with major aviation stakeholders, especially the Aviation Security Department, to forestall any possible attack and to ensure adequate security at the airports."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/29/us-nigeria-spy-cell-idUSKCN0QY06020150829

We are having great problems even to sell our crude for September, even with the low price!!!

Who will save us from this oil curse? Côte d'Ivoire does not have oil and they are doing pretty well!!

“Also, there was a revenue loss of $22.53m as a result of the drop in average price of crude oil from $65.76 in May to $61.27 in June.”

As a result of the poor revenue performance, the allocations to the three tiers of government witnessed a decline of N27.44bn from N620.66bn in June to N539.24bn.

When compared to the budgeted sum of N620.66bn that should have been shared based on the 2015 Appropriation Act, the N511.79bn shared in June represents a huge decline of N108.86bn.


http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/fg-records-n52-3bn-shortfall-in-revenue/

The drop in the prices of crude oil in the international market again took its toll on the federation account as the gross revenue into the account declined by N52.36bn from N485.95bn received in June to N433.58bn in July.

The revenue figures for the period were released on Wednesday in Abuja shortly after the Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting, which was presided over by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Anastacia Nwaobia.

Nwaobia, who addressed journalists shortly after the meeting, which began at 4pm and lasted till 7:54pm, attributed the decline in revenue to various reasons.

For instance, she said there was a loss of about $22.53m (N4.44bn) in revenue due to a drop in average price of crude oil from $65.76 per barrel in May to $61.27 per barrel in June 2015.

Also, she said the persistent shutdown and shut-in of trunks and pipelines at various terminals, as well as emergency repairs, which led to the declaration of force majeure had continued to impact negatively on revenue performance.

She said, “The gross revenue of N433.58bn received for the month was lower than the N485.95bn received in the previous month by N52.36bn.

“Shutdown and shut-in for maintenance and emergency repairs as well as declaration of force majeure by the Shell Petroleum Development Company were major issues that negatively impacted crude oil revenue.

“Also, there was a revenue loss of $22.53m as a result of the drop in average price of crude oil from $65.76 in May to $61.27 in June.”

As a result of the poor revenue performance, the allocations to the three tiers of government witnessed a decline of N27.44bn from N620.66bn in June to N539.24bn.

When compared to the budgeted sum of N620.66bn that should have been shared based on the 2015 Appropriation Act, the N511.79bn shared in June represents a huge decline of N108.86bn.

Shell declared force majeure on Bonny Light crude oil exports on Thursday following the shutdown of a 180,000 barrel per day (bpd) pipeline. But the disruption may have a limited impact on the market with some 10 million barrels of September-loading Bonny Light still unsold.

Oil rocketed more than 10 percent higher on Thursday, posting its biggest one-day rally in over six years as recovering equity markets and news of diminished crude supplies set off a short-covering scramble by bearish traders.

Snapping back from a deep two-month slump that knocked U.S. crude to 6-1/2 year lows below $40 this week, oil climbed as world stock markets rose on hopes Chinese government measures to stimulate the economy would pay off, while the dollar strengthened as risk aversion eased.

The rally was aided by news of a force majeure on Nigerian oil exports declared by Shell (RDSa.L) and private data indicating more drawdowns in crude this week at Cushing, Oklahoma, traders said. A big upward revision in second quarter U.S. economic growth helped.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/us-markets-oil-idUSKCN0QW03020150827

The management needs to come to the aid of hapless customers!!

With CCTV in the car park THEY should be able to identify a thief . What is the use of technology if you don't use it.

There is a thief in SHERATON ABUJA CAR PARK; this is a Public Service Announcement.

It is so sad in these days of Boko Haram we had a dinner at Sheraton Abuja between 8-10pm yesterday on the 25th of August, 2015 and a laptop bag containing two laptops was stolen from the car using a hacked key controller.

Complaints to the security staff was futile as despite the CCTV in the car park they denied the incident to save their jobs.

In this age of terrorism if a car can be broken into and the guards assigned to the parking lot cannot see the so called criminal or detect on CCTV, there can only be one conclusion:

SHERATON ABUJA IS NOT SAFE!! No wonder people still flock to Transcorp Hilton where at least you are guaranteed some security.

It is such a shame!!!

Last week the NBS released its latest Job Creation and Employment Generation Survey. This defines the formal sector as consisting of establishments with ten or more employees, and is based on a sample of 5,000 firms across the 36 states of the federation.

The data show that 141,400 jobs were created in Q2 2015, divided between 51,100 jobs in the formal sector, and 83,900 and 6,400 jobs in the informal and public sectors respectively. When compared to the previous quarter, total job creation declined sharply by 70% from 469,100.

The bureau’s report focuses on 18 sectors, of which education emerges again as the leading source of new formal-sector jobs in Q2 2015 accounting for 34%. Manufacturing, agriculture, and accommodation and food services contributed 15.2%, 15.0% and 9.2% to the total respectively.


http://www.proshareng.com/news/All/Very-marked-decline-in-job-creation-Proshare/28391

In a report released in August the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), a non-profit group based in New York, found huge anomalies in the NNPC’s workings. To begin with, it ostensibly provides four times more oil to its domestic refineries than they need. It also took part in swap agreements that exchange oil for finished petroleum on eye-wateringly profitable terms for its partners. Moreover, it is allowed to collect income from oil and then to spend freely with no oversight before handing over whatever is left to the government. In 2012 it retained $7.9 billion, or close to half of the value of oil in the “domestic-crude allowance” that was set aside for domestic use, the NRGI reckons.

An audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the state oil company owed the central government as much as $4.3 billion for a 19-month period from January 2012. That is probably conservative. Lamido Saunsi, a former central bank governor, reckons that $12.5 billion was “diverted”.

Since the election of Mr Buhari reserves of foreign currency have been edging up, presumably because officials are pocketing less cash. Yet there would be less opportunity for mischief if payments for oil went straight into government accounts instead of through its own.

Another hole could be plugged, the NRGI reckons, by doing away with the “domestic crude allowance”. Shady swap agreements are being reviewed, but future contracts should be put out to tender. Operating licences awarded to cronies of the previous government should be investigated, and failing state-owned refineries and transmission networks privatised. Most important of all may be to start a proper audit of the NNPC’s books.

Reforms such as independent audits ought not to be controversial, but there are reasons to fear that they may not happen, largely because the NNPC is a rich source of patronage. Its employees are already in talks with their powerful unions over steps they may take to protect jobs. The ruling party, meanwhile, is divided over whether to split up the company.

The oil firm’s troubles underline a bigger concern about Mr Buhari, who was elected in March amid jubilation because of his promises to clean up corruption and govern Nigeria better. Two-and-a-half months after his inauguration he has still not appointed a cabinet, and says he will not do so until September. Nor has he outlined any substantial economic policies. Unless there are signs of effective governance from Mr Buhari soon, the surge of confidence that followed his election may disappear as quickly as the NNPC’s oil revenues have traditionally slipped into the capacious pockets of persons unknown.

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21661015-president-vows-clean-up-leaky-state-oil-firm-petrodollar-spill?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/petrodollarspill

The FG Has to act fast and stop wasting time on useless probes. Our economy is crashing please

Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product plunged to 2.35 per cent in the second quarter of 2015, compared to 6.54 per cent in the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

The country’s economic growth rate for the second quarter represents a 40 per cent decline from the 3.96 per cent recorded in the first quarter of this year.

The GDP is a measure of economic activity which captures the value of goods and services that a country produces during a given period.

The Statistician-General of the Federation/Chief Executive Officer, NBS, Dr. Yemi Kale, while releasing the GDP report for the second quarter of 2015 on his Twitter account, said, “Real GDP grows by 2.35 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 from 3.96 per cent in first quarter of 2015 and 6.54 per cent in Q2 2014.”

He said oil GDP grew by -6.79 per cent in the second quarter compared to -8.15 per cent in Q1 2015 and 5.14 per cent in the second quarter of last year.”

Kale said, “Electricity, gas, steam, etc grew by -11.61 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -27.92 per cent in Q1 2015 and -20.57 per cent in Q2 2014. Manufacturing grew by -3.82 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -0.70 per cent in Q1 2015 and 14.01 per cent in Q2 2014.

“Industry grew by -3.31 per cent in Q2 2015 compared to -2.53 per cent in Q1 2015 and 8.97 per cent in Q2 2014. Accommodation and food services grew by -8.97 per cent in Q2 2015 compared to 26.66 per cent in Q1 2015 and 23.86 per cent in Q2 2014.”

Public administration grew by -10.64 per cent, compared to -12.53 per cent in first quarter of 2015 and 1.17 per cent in the second quarter of last year, while mining and quarrying grew by -6.62 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -7.91 per cent in Q1 2015 and 5.32 per cent in Q2 2014.

Non-oil GDP growth fell to 3.46 per cent in the second quarter, compared to 5.59 per cent in the first quarter of the year and 6.71 per cent in the second quarter of 2014, the NBS said.

http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/economic-growth-falls-to-2-35/

The source said the delay in holding the meeting was due to revenue challenges, which the country had been grappling with in the last few months.

There have been persistent shutdowns and shut-in of trunks and pipelines at various oil and gas terminals, which have had a negative impact on revenue performance.

A top government official told our correspondent on Monday that a majority of the revenue-generating agencies had yet to remit any money to the federation account.

It was learnt that the meeting, which was originally scheduled to hold last week, could not be held because enough revenue had not been remitted to the federation account.

The official said, “You know we have been having revenue challenges and the money we usually share is taken from the federation account, which is funded by revenue-generating agencies.

“Some of these agencies are still generating revenues and as of last week when the meeting was supposed to be held, we couldn’t hold it because there was not enough revenue for sharing.”

http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/august-salaries-for-federal-workers-may-be-delayed/

This news needs to be investigated!!!

http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-adamawa-budgets-n200m-for-prayer-warriors/

The Adamawa State Government on Friday announced that it has earmarked N200 million to engage prayer warriors in seeking divine intervention towards ending the state’s lingering security challenges.

Chief of Staff of the state, Alhaji Abdurahman Jimeta, disclosed this in a media chat aired on the Adamawa State Television, which was monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola.

Jimeta explained that the money was sourced from the state and local governments joint account.

“We have earmarked N200 million for prayers to seek for Allah’s intervention in tackling the Boko Haram menace and other insecurity challenges threatening the stability of the state,” Jimeta said.

Now we see why organ traffic business is really Big Business!!

The lists continue on that website link

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
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
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
love-vendor$67,200 per year
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

Exotic Animals for Sale

Abalone$52 per kilogram
African Grey Parrot$2,000
Arowana Fish$20,000
Australian Lizard$7,500
Baby Elephant in Thailand$7,000
Bear – Complete $4,500 in Taiwan
Bear Bile$200,000 per pound
Bear Paws$50 for set of 4
Black Cockatoo$31,000 in Australia
Butterfly (Queen Alexandra)$8,195
Chimpanzee (Live)$50
Clouded Leopard$5,700 in China
Dog Meat$29 in Vietnam
Elephant$28,200
Elephant Tusk$1,800 in Vietnam
Frog Legs$11 for a dozen pairs in France
Geckos from New Zealand$1,300 in Europe
Geckos in the Philippines$2,300
Gila Monster$1,500
Gorillas$400,000
Iguanas$10,600
Ivory$850 per kilo in Asia
Ivory with Carvings$3,000 per kilo
Komodo Dragon$30,000
Leopard$5,000
Leopard Tortoise$403
Monkey in Europe$123
Monkey in Thailand$55
Orangutan$45,000
Owl$250 in India
Pangolin$1,000
Pangolin – Meat$300 per kilogram
Pangolin – Scales$3,000 per kilogram
Panther$5,000
Ploughshare Tortoise$4,000
Polar Bear Skin$7,760 to $9,930
Puppies trafficked from Ireland$255 to $1,275 in the UK.
Rhino Horn Dagger$14,000
Rhino Horns$65,000 per kilogram
Rhino Horns (Crushed for medicine powder)$10 in Vietnam
Shark Fins$100 per kilogram
Sloths$30 in Colombia
Snake Venom$215,175 per liter
Snakes (Banded kraits)$2,190 in India
Snow Leopard Pelt$1,000 in Afghanistan
Spotted Salamander$103 on the Internet
Tiger (Dead)$5,000
Tiger (Live)$50,000
Tiger – Baby$3,200
Tiger Bone$2,000
Tiger Bone Wine$88
Tiger Penis$1,300
Tiger Remains$70,000 in China
Tiger Skin$35,000
Tortoises$10,000 in Madagascar
Totoaba Fish – Bladder$200,000 in China
Turtle – Chinese Golden Coin$20,000
Turtle Eggs$1 in Costa Rica

Prices of Computer Hackers and Online Fraud

AdWords$1,000 to drain competitors AdWords budget
Botnet – Canada$270 for 1,000 computers
Botnet – France$200 for 1,000 computers
Botnet – Russia$200 for 1,000 computers
Botnet – United Kingdom$240 for 1,000 computers
Botnet – United States$180 for 1,000 computers
Botnet – Worldwide$35 for 1,000 computers
Credit Card – Premium Card with Big Balance$250
Credit Card and Social Security Number$5
DDOS a Website$911,000 for gambling website
Doxing Someone$25 to $100
Email Addresses – Gmail$200 for 1,000
Email Addresses – Hotmail$12 for 1,000
Email Addresses – Yahoo$10 for 1,000
Facebook Likes$15 for 1,000
Facebook Spam$13 for page with 30,000 fans
Hacked Webcam of Boy$0.01
Hacked Webcam of Girl$1
Hacking Classes$75
Online Bank Account – EU4 – 6% of account balance
Online Bank Account – USA2% of account balance
Online Extortion$50 to $15,000 in Sextortion Blackmail
Online Funds to CashCommission between 9% to 40% of Amount
Online Game Hackers$16,000 per month in China
PayPal Account6 to 20% of account balance
Remote Administration Tool$40 for Blackshades
Stolen Health Insurance Information$1,200 to $1,300
Twitter Followers$15 for 10,000 Fake Followers
Website Traffic$1 for 1,000 fake visitors