Auto theft
53.7
315.3
DEFINITION:
Number of motor vehicle thefts (car thefts) recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 34th in 2006.
Ranked 7th in 2006. 5 times more than Ecuador
Illicit drugs
significant transit country for cocaine originating in Colombia and Peru, with over half of the US-bound cocaine passing through Ecuadorian Pacific waters; importer of precursor chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; attractive location for cash-placement by drug traffickers laundering money because of dollarization and weak anti-money-laundering regime; increased activity on the northern frontier by trafficking groups and Colombian insurgents
drug trafficking prosecuted vigorously and carries severe penalties; heroin still primary drug of abuse, but synthetic drug demand remains strong; continued ecstasy and methamphetamine producer for domestic users and, to a lesser extent, the regional drug market
DEFINITION:
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Jails
32
26,294
DEFINITION:
Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups). Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime , than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 34th.
Ranked 1st. 821 times more than Ecuador
Prisoners
8,274 prisoners
39,258 prisoners
DEFINITION:
Total persons incarcerated
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 34th.
Ranked 33rd. 4 times more than Ecuador
Prisoners > Per capita
59.0 per 100,000 people
161.0 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population .
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 121st.
Ranked 54th. 173% more than Ecuador
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
69.9%
30.7%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of the prison population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 9th. 128% more than Malaysia
Ranked 72nd.
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
115%
122.5%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 68th.
Ranked 57th. 7% more than Ecuador
Prosecutions > Adults
62
45,680
DEFINITION:
Number of people prosecuted. Prosecutions are cases that made it to court, regardless of the verdict.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 49th in 2006.
Ranked 17th in 2006. 736 times more than Ecuador
Prosecutions > Juveniles
62
3,100
DEFINITION:
Number of juveniles who were prosecuted in the given year. Prosecutions are cases that made it to court, regardless of the verdict.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 41st in 2006.
Ranked 19th in 2006. 49 times more than Ecuador
Prosecutions > Murders
800 %
713 %
DEFINITION:
Number of prosecutions for intentional homicides in the given year. Prosecutions are cases that made it to court, regardless of the verdict.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 14th in 2006. 12% more than Malaysia
Ranked 17th in 2006.
Prosecution rate
1,405
489
DEFINITION:
Number of people prosecuted.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 11th in 2006. 187% more than Malaysia
Ranked 20th in 2006.
Robberies
398.8
82.1
DEFINITION:
Number of robberies recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 6th in 2006. 4 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 26th in 2006.
Serious assaults
27.9
21.9
DEFINITION:
Number of major assaults recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 17th in 2006. 27% more than Malaysia
Ranked 23rd in 2006.
Smuggling of migrants > Number prosecuted
65
12,901
DEFINITION:
Number of people prosecuted for smuggling migrants by country.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 12th in 2006.
Ranked 1st in 2006. 197 times more than Ecuador
Smuggling of migrants > Police recorded offences
58
650
DEFINITION:
Number of offences relating to smuggling of migrants (people smuggling) as recorded by police in that country.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 27th in 2006.
Ranked 13th in 2006. 10 times more than Ecuador
Software piracy rate
66%
59%
DEFINITION:
The piracy rate is the total number of units of pirated software deployed in 2007 divided by the total units of software installed.
SOURCE:
Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Ranked 50th. 12% more than Malaysia
Ranked 59th.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
June 28, 1872
August 3, 1995
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
November 12, 1873
June 2, 1997
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
0
1.4
DEFINITION:
Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.
SOURCE:
Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets
Ray Fisman Edward Miguel
Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006
Ranked 127th.
Ranked 112nd.
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