Around 100 million Ak-47s are circulating around the world, with 47 national armies utilizing the weapon.  Russia has stated that it only accounts for 10 to 12 percent of the sales of the weapon, with the rest being unlicensed and counterfeit copies.
Source: RIA Novosti, “Russia set to crack down on unlicensed arms production abroad,” Russian [...]

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) states that since the year 2000 there are about 200 to 250 cases of nuclear and radioactive materials trafficking occurring annually.
The difference in figures is due to the fact that the IAEA only reports incidents that its members have confirmed or released publicly, where the DHS includes [...]

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirms 149 incidents of illicit trafficking and other unauthorized activities involving nuclear and radioactive materials took place in 2006.
Source: “UN atomic watchdog agency reports cases of illegal trafficking in nuclear materials,” UN News Service, February 1, 2007,(accessed: February 6, 2007).

According to Stephen Flynn, author of America the Vulnerable, ” Weapons-usable nuclear materials exist in over 130 research laboratories operating in more than forty countries around the world, ranging from Ukraine to Ghana.”
Source: Stephen Flynn, America the Vulnerable,(New York: HarperCollins, 2004),pg. 4.

Source:  Bangladesh turned into arms smuggling route,” The Daily Star (Bangladesh), May 30, 2006.

Source:  Rachel Stohl, ” The Tangled Web of Illicit Arms Trafficking,” Center for American Progress, October 14, 2004, (accessed: November 15, 2006).

Source: William Hartung and Rachel Stohl, ” Hired Guns” , Foreign Policy, May/June 2004.

Due to an increase in supply, the price of an AK-47 dropped from $250 to $75 in the Niger Delta over an 18 month period.
Source: Douglas Farah, ” The Merchant of death,” Foreign Policy, November/December 2006, Sidebox: Arms Around the [...]

Worldwide, an estimated one million small arms are either lost or stolen each year and often end up for sale in the black market.
Source: Rachel Stohl, ” The Tangled Web of Illicit Arms Trafficking,” Center for American Progress, October 14, 2004, (accessed: November 15, 2006).

Source: Rachel Stohl, ” The Tangled Web of Illicit Arms Trafficking,” Center for American Progress, October 14, 2004, (accessed: November 15, 2006).