Moisés Naím—Illicit Study Questions #2 [86-156]

1. What is the ratio of slaves transported to the New World to the number of people who have been trafficked in Southeast Asia in the ten years prior to the writing of this book.

2. How long does it take, via an Interpol estimate, for new demand for prostitutes in London to be met?

3. Why is it easy to recognize the homes of families with female children in the Chinese hamlet of Langle?

4. How many migrants were found in a safe house in Scottsdale, Arizona in February of 2004?

5. What do sociologists say drives migration?

6. According to Interpol how much faster has illegitimate trade grown compared to legitimate trade?

7. What was so unusual about the 200,000 fake Rolexes seized in Italy between 2000 and 2004?

8. How has the daily volume of currency exchanged changed from 1989 to 2004?

9. What is correspondent banking and how is it implicated in exacerbating laundered money?

10. What is a shell bank and how does it operate?