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Acquitted
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1,199 |
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[27th of 30]
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Convicted
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3,442 |
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[50th of 34]
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Death penalty > Abolition date
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1,966 |
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[57th of 64]
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Illicit drugs
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the Dominican Republic for illicit financial transactions; significant amphetamine consumption |
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Jails
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32 |
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[31st of 80]
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Prisoners
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13,836 prisoners |
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[55th of 168]
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Prisoners > Female
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3.1% |
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[88th of 134]
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Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
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5.2% |
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[45th of 86]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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157 per 100,000 people |
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[57th of 164]
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Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
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79.8% |
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[3rd of 143]
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Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
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175.3% |
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[19th of 128]
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Sentence Length
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48 |
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[11th of 21]
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Software piracy rate
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79% |
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[30th of 107]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
the Dominican Republic is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; a large number of Dominican women are trafficked into prostitution and sexual exploitation in Western Europe, Australia, Central and South America, and Caribbean destinations; a significant number of women, boys, and girls are trafficked within the country for sexual exploitation and domestic servitude |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - for a second consecutive year, the Dominican Republic is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly in terms of not adequately investigating and prosecuting public officials who may be complicit with trafficking activity, and inadequate government efforts to protect trafficking victims; the government has taken measures to reduce demand for commercial sex acts with children through criminal prosecutions |
United States extradition treaties > Citation
36 Stat. 2468; TS 550; 7 Bevans 200 |
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United States extradition treaties > Date signed
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June 19, 1909 |
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United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
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August 2, 1910 |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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0.1 |
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[121st of 143]
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