Why, I ask...
...does nobody care about the servers running the *web sites* that the spammers point to? They have access to only a very few bulletproof hosting sites. 90% of those are in the far East or Russia. Let's do a little check, shall we? The last five spams I've gotten:
Kyonggi-do - Seoul - Lg Dacom Corporation
Shanghai - Shanghai - China Mobile Communications Corporation - Shanghai
Istanbul - Istanbul - Sistemnet Telecom International Route Block
Beijing - Beijing - Beijing Zhongdianhuatong Limited Company
Netherlands - Dootall B.v
Kyonggi-do - Seoul - Lg Dacom Corporation
BEIJING INNOVATIVE LINKAGE TECHNOLOGY LTD. DBA DNS.COM.CN
New Jersey - Princeton - Patriot Media And Communications Llc (now that's a weird one)
Jilin - Jilin - Cncgroup Jilin Province Network
Philippines - 18-4058401_muramatsu Enterprise (changed Ip)
China - Zbyd Technology Co. Ltd
Kyonggi-do - Seoul - Lg Dacom Corporation
Istanbul - Istanbul - Sistemnet Telecom Blackholed Ip
Beijing - Beijing - Beijing Pengbo Hengyetechnology Co. Ltd
So, here we have: SK, China, Turkey, China, NL, SK, China, USA, China, Phillipines, China, SK, Turkey, China.
14 spams, 6 countries, 9 spams from China or South Korea. Three were hosted by one company - LG Dacom.
The billions of spams all point back to a relatively tiny number of enabling organizations. It appears, though, that nobody has the balls to even discuss this, let alone do something about it - preferring to regurgitate pointless monthly statistics. I suppose it makes sense: this way, the media, the 'anti spam' companies, the ISPs, *and* the spammers all make money at once. And, somehow, three of four get to pretend to be the good guys while doing it.