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Acquitted
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1,319 |
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[16th of 30]
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Assaults
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4,643 |
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[31st of 49]
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Burglaries
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905 |
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[33rd of 38]
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Car thefts
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4,021 |
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[26th of 46]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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7.97 %
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[8th of 39]
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Drug offences
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3,938 per 100,000 people |
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[23rd of 46]
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Illicit drugs
world's third-largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia and Peru) with an estimated 29,500 hectares under cultivation in 2007, a slight increase over 2006; third largest producer of cocaine, estimated at 120 metric tons of potential pure cocaine in 2007; transit country for Peruvian and Colombian cocaine destined for Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Europe; cultivation generally increasing since 2000, despite eradication and alternative crop programs; weak border controls; some money-laundering activity related to narcotics trade, especially along the borders with Brazil and Paraguay; major cocaine consumption |
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Kidnappings
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46 kidnappings |
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[19th of 39]
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Murders
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248 |
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[20th of 49]
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Murders with firearms
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52 |
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[19th of 36]
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Police
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19,365 |
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[27th of 47]
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Prisoners
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8,315 prisoners |
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[72nd of 168]
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Prisoners > Female
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16.7% |
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[2nd of 134]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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102 per 100,000 people |
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[89th of 164]
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Rapes
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928 |
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[19th of 50]
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Robberies
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9,607 |
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[15th of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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82% |
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[17th of 107]
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Total crimes
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31,138 |
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[39th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Bolivia has failed to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in the areas of prosecutions and victim protection |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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3.1 |
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[97th of 143]
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SOURCES: 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); 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); World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets
Ray Fisman Edward Miguel
Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia, Republica de Bolivia
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