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Acquitted
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4,214 |
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[12th of 30]
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Assaults
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55,575 |
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[10th of 49]
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Burglaries
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51,459 |
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[18th of 38]
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Car thefts
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5,930 |
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[20th of 46]
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Drug offences
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324 per 100,000 people |
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[42nd of 46]
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Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
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10.3053
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[27th of 32]
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Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
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1.7237
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[28th of 32]
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Illicit drugs transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe and the region; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits, especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone, but a recent anti-money-laundering law improves controls; imported precursors passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising, making Chile a significant consumer of cocaine |
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Jails
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96 |
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[17th of 80]
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Kidnappings
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74 kidnappings |
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[18th of 39]
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Murders
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235 |
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[37th of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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146 |
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[27th of 73]
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Murders with firearms
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9 |
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[31st of 36]
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Police
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30,090 |
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[21st of 47]
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Prisoners
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36,636 prisoners |
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[16th of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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204 per 100,000 people |
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[38th of 164]
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Rapes
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1,402 |
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[15th of 50]
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Robberies
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110,672 |
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[6th of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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66% |
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[49th of 107]
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Total crimes
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593,997 |
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[14th of 50]
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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); Wikipedia: Gun violence
; 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); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Chile, Republic of Chile, Republica de Chile
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