The Associated Press is reporting that more and more weapons are being found in Iraq.
Via Yahoo News:
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq — from a bakery to a fish farm — as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials [...]

The BBC is reporting that up to $23 billion may have been lost in Iraq due to fraud and corruption amongst federally selected contractors.
From the BBC:

A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.
For the first time, the extent to which some private [...]

Gulf countries has spoken out against the US Trafficking in Persons Report as being political and misinformed.
From AFP (via Google News):
The Arab countries of the Gulf have dismissed as unjustified and political a recent US report which accused the rich countries of not combating human trafficking.
Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), who met [...]

Iraq lawmakers passed a new law that aims to crack down on oil smugglers in Iraq. 
From Reuters (via the Guardian):

“According to official reports handed to parliament, Iraq is losing roughly 105,000 oil barrels a day from the southern fields in smuggling operations,” Balu said.
“Smuggling is a flourishing industry in the south, and parliament is taking [...]

Palestinians are forced to shop on the black market to meet their fuel requirements. 
From AFP: 
The Islamist movement Hamas, which seized control of the territory last June, set up a fuel rationing system last month in a bid to cope with the shortages and, some say, to fill its own coffers.
In order to get fuel legally, [...]

The five families of five men who are being held hostage in Iraq are making a public appeal for the release of the hostages. 
From the BBC News: 
The civilian contractors were kidnapped by armed militants at the Iraqi Ministry of Finance in Baghdad.
Some of their friends and relatives marked the first anniversary of their capture by [...]

Companies in Israel are losing an estimated $500 million to piracy each year, according to the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce.
Source: Hadas Manor, ” Israeli industry lost $500m to piracy last year,” Globes Online, November 14, 2006, (accessed: November 16, 2006).

Women who are trafficked into Israel comes from the following countries: 
Russia;
Moldova;
Ukraine;
Uzbekistan;
Belarus.

A report to the Knesset subcommittee on Trafficking in Women released a report in 2005 stating that 3,000 to 5,000 women were trafficked to Israel to work as prostitutes between the years 2001 to 2005.
Source:Ruth Englash, “Group urges immediate ban on prostitution ads in newspapers,” Jerusalem Post, April 10, 2006.

According to the 2006 International Narcotic Control Strategy, there are an estimated 3 million opiate users in Iran, with “60 percent reported as addicted to various opiates and 40 percent reported as casual users.”
Source: United States Department of State, 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, “Africa and the Middle East”, March 2006.