This report was developed to provide the new U.S. Administration and its incoming policymakers a detailed analysis of key trans- national crimes, including drug trafficking, counterfeiting, cyber- crime, human trafficking, illegal logging and mining, illegal fishing, wildlife trafficking, oil theft, small arms trafficking, and cultural property trafficking. This report seeks to update the 2017 Global Financial Integrity (GFI) report on transnational crime, provide new insights to long-term trends, as well as address intelligence gaps in the US Government’s understanding of specific crimes.
- The revenues generated from the ten crimes covered in this report are estimated to range between US$12.30 trillion to US$16.21 trillion annually. Cybercrime is estimated to account for approximately 59% to 75% of the total revenue generated by the ten crimes analyzed in this report.
- This estimate reflects a significant change compared to the 2017 Global Financial Integrity report, which estimated a total between US$1.6 trillion to US$2.2 trillion annually. Note that the earlier study did not include cybercrime in its analysis.