By the Numbers
Number of
different (and often conflicting) land registries in Helmand: 17
Arrests
by the British-supported Criminal Justice Task Force since May 2005: 830
Percent
that resulted in a conviction: 42%
Estimated
years of opium exports that traffickers have stored in reserve: 4
Source: The Guardian
MORE BY THE NUMBERS BELOW
Percent
of Germans who want to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan: 57%
Percent
who want to increase troop levels: 4%
Source:
Angus Reid poll
Annual bribes paid by per Afghan household, estimated by Integrity Watch: $100
Approximate percent of per capita income
this represents: 20%
Percent of
Afghans who said corruption had little effect on them: 45%
Percent who
say the current government is most corrupt in two decades: 60%
Source:
Integrity Watch
Men reporting to Izzatullah Wasifi, director-general of the
General Independent Administration of AntiCorruption and Bribery:
84
Years Wasifi spent in a Las Vegas jail: 4
Price for which he tried to sell 650g of heroin to an undercover cop: $65,000
Street value of this heroin in 1987: $2,000,000
Source: IHT
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