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Acquitted
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42,357 |
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[2nd of 30]
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Assaults
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1,192 |
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[41st of 49]
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Burglaries
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1,228 |
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[32nd of 38]
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Car thefts
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1,009 |
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[35th of 46]
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Death penalty > Abolition date
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2,002 |
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[2nd of 64]
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Death penalty > Last executed
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1,962 |
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[21st of 55]
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Drug offences
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436 per 100,000 people |
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[40th of 46]
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Illicit drugs
minor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to money laundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sector remains weak |
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Jails
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1 |
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[50th of 80]
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Kidnappings
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12 kidnappings |
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[31st of 39]
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Murders
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2 |
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[49th of 49]
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Murders with firearms
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4 |
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[32nd of 36]
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Police
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4,729 |
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[42nd of 47]
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Prisoners
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1,254 prisoners |
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[47th of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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50 per 100,000 people |
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[133rd of 164]
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Rapes
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13 |
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[48th of 50]
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Robberies
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38 |
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[45th of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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50% |
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[72nd of 107]
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Total crimes
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13,023 |
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[46th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Cyprus is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a third consecutive year for failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking during 2007; although Cyprus passed a new trafficking law and opened a government trafficking shelter, these efforts are outweighed by its failure to show tangible and critically needed progress in the areas of law enforcement, victim protection, and the prevention of trafficking |
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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); Last updated: 01/04/03; 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus
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