| global 2012 GDP or the size of the World Ec0nomy | US$70 trillion |
| total assets under management managed by top 500 FIs | US$62 trillion |
| Wolfsberg Group member banks total assets combined amounting to around a quarter of the total assets held by the World’s top 1,000 Banks | US$20.8 trillion |
| GDP or the size of the world’s biggest economy, US | US$14.9 trillion |
| total value of assets held on deposit in Banks | US$11 trillion |
| tax fraud and tax evasion losses | US$4.75 trillion |
| total value of banknotes and coin in circulation | US$4.2 trillion |
| average daily turnover of FX transactions | US$3.9 trillion |
| total assets under management managed by Blackrock, the largest financial asset management firm | US$3.3 trillion |
| total amount of fraud proceeds | US$2.75 trillion |
| total amount invested in Hedge Funds globally | US$2.3 trillion |
| total amount of criminal proceeds | US$2.1 trillion |
| GDP or the size of the 8th largest economy: Italy | US$2.1 trillion |
| total Global Military Expenditures | US$1.7 trillion |
| US$1.7 trillion total amount of criminal proceeds laundered perhaps the world’s 10th largest industry | US$1.6 trillion |
| total amount of bribes paid | US$1-1.6 trillion |
| total amount of criminal proceeds generated by Organised Crime | US$870bio |
| total amount of money generated from Counterfeiting & Piracy | US$691.5bio |
| largest market generating criminal proceeds, the US | US$620bio |
| total amount of money generated from Drug Trafficking | US$411bio |
| total amount of international money remittances in 2012 largely flowing via Money Services Businesses | US$400bio |
| total amount of money generated from Human Trafficking | US$240bio |
| total amount of money generated from Smuggling | US$162bio |
| total amount of money generated from Illegal Gambling | US$140bio |
| EU VAT fraud costs States lost tax revenues | US$100bio |
| US$100bio total amount of money generated from Environmental Crime | US$83.5bio |
| total international trade in conventional arms | US$60bio |
| illicit trade in Oil and Gas | US$54bio |
| costliest man-made environmental disaster, for BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (incl largest fine of US$4.5bio) | US$42-65bio (est) |
| largest corporate accounting fraud, Enron Corp | US$40-45bio |
| illicit trade in tobacco | US$40.5bio |
| The wealthiest Charity in the World, the Gates Charitable Foundation | US$37bio |
| total value of wildlife smuggling & poaching | US$32bio |
| largest amount of funds embezzled by a kleptocrat - President Suharto of Indonesia (1967-98) | US$15-30bio |
| fines levied against FIs since 1989 to end June 2014 | US$44.3bio |
| costs and investments by FIs in AML Programme | US$18bio |
| largest Ponzi Scheme, Bernie Madoff ’s Ponzi Scheme | US$10-17bio |
| Largest sanctions fine for BNP Paribas | US$8.9bio |
| value of authorised small arms & light weapons sales | US$8.5bio |
| largest rogue trader losses by Jerome Kerviel at SG | US$7.2bio |
| criminal proceeds seized by authorities in 2010 | US$3.1bio |
| largest diamond producing country, Botswana | US$3.25bio |
| largest corruption related fines and penalties for UK’s GlaxoSmithKline | US$3bio |
| Largest fine for assisting in Tax evasion – Credit Suisse | US$2.8bio |
| Largest AML fine for a financial institution – JP Morgan re Madoff | US$2.05bio |
| Second largest AML (incl Sanctions related) fine for a financial institution - UK’s HSBC | US$1.96bio |
| largest fine for insider dealing – SAC Capital | US$1.8bio |
| total amount of money generated from kidnap and hostage taking | US$1.5bio |
| total amount of money generated from forgery | US$1.1bio |
| the largest recorded robbery, the Central Bank of Iraq | US$1bio |
| total number of credit, debit and prepaid cards in circulation | 1 billion |
| the worlds most expensive sale of a private property, the Villa Leopolda on the French Cote D’Azure | US$650mio |
| paycheque in 1997 for Drexhel star banker Michael Milken before being charged with racketeering charges | US$550mio |
| the Cullinan Diamond is the largest and most expensive diamond ever found owned by De Beers and valued at | US$400mio |
| total number of people using illegal drugs | 176-329mio |
| estimated annual payout to Somali pirates for kidnap for ransom | US$189mio |
| the most expensive painting sold at auction is Francis Bacon’s portrait of Lucian Freud | US$142mio |
| the world’s most expensive car sold at auction, a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa | US$12mio |
| total thefts, largest in the world by country is US | 6.2mio |
| suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed in 2011, nearing | 2mio |
| 2mio the no of PEPs listed in the database from Dow Jones | 478,000 |
| costs for the AQ attack on America 9/11 | US$400-500,000 |
| most expensive bottle of wine sold at auction, a 1947 Cheval Blanc Bordeaux | US$300,000 |
| the largest number of murders in the world is in Brazil | 44,000 |
| most Kidnappings for Hostage annually - Mexico | 18,000 |
Key Facts and Figures on Financial Crime and contextual comparisons, from “Red Alert” published in 2014 (not yet updated) by John Cusack. Please contact the author for more details.
