Illicit drugs
increasingly concerned about ecstasy, cocaine, and heroin abuse; drugs arrive in country from Lebanon and, increasingly, from Jordan; money-laundering center
major European producer of synthetic drugs, including ecstasy, and cannabis cultivator; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy; large financial sector vulnerable to money laundering; significant consumer of ecstasy
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
Murders committed by youths
13
60
DEFINITION:
Homicide rates among youths aged 10–29 years by country or area: most recent year available (variable 1990–1999).
SOURCE:
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health , 2002
Ranked 63rd.
Ranked 40th. 4 times more than Israel
Police officers
437 %
195.4 %
DEFINITION:
Number of police officers per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 8th in 1995. 124% more than Netherlands
Ranked 36th in 1995.
Prisoners
11,027 prisoners
16,930 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 59th.
Ranked 26th. 54% more than Israel
Prisoners > Female
1.7%
6.8%
DEFINITION:
Female prisoners , expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population . Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 120th.
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Israel
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
24.9%
36.4%
DEFINITION:
Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population . Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 23rd.
Ranked 12th. 46% more than Israel
Prisoners > Per capita
174.0 per 100,000 people
112.0 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 46th. 55% more than Netherlands
Ranked 76th.
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
15.5%
31.3%
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 120th.
Ranked 69th. 102% more than Israel
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
103%
95%
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 88th. 8% more than Netherlands
Ranked 98th.
Prison staff
100.1 %
85.7 %
DEFINITION:
Number of correction staff in adult prisons per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 7th in 2006. 17% more than Netherlands
Ranked 13th in 2006.
Prosecutions > Adults
38,639
20,501
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 19th in 2006. 88% more than Netherlands
Ranked 23rd in 2006.
Prosecutions > Adults > Females
9 %
14 %
DEFINITION:
Proportion of all adult prosecutions that were of women. 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 23rd in 2006.
Ranked 14th in 2006. 56% more than Israel
Prosecutions > Juveniles
3,784
36,516
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 16th in 2006.
Ranked 5th in 2006. 9 times more than Israel
Prosecutions > Murders
27 %
180 %
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 49th in 2006.
Ranked 36th in 2006. 6 times more than Israel
Software piracy rate
32%
28%
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 92nd. 14% more than Netherlands
Ranked 94th.
United States extradition treaties > Citation
14 UST 1707.
TIAS 10733.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
December 10, 1962
June 24, 1980
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
December 5, 1963
September 15, 1983
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
0
0
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 135th.
Ranked 140th.
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