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Europe > Estonia > Crime

ESTONIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 297 [38th of 30]
Assaults 460 [53rd of 49]
Burglaries 23,271 [25th of 38]
Car thefts 2,322 [39th of 46]
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,998 [7th of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,991 [4th of 55]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 12.8049 [25th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 11.9795 [10th of 32]
Illicit drugs
growing producer of synthetic drugs; increasingly important transshipment zone for cannabis, cocaine, opiates, and synthetic drugs since joining the European Union and the Schengen Accord; potential money laundering related to organized crime and drug trafficking is a concern, as is possible use of the gambling sector to launder funds; major use of opiates and ecstasy
Jails 7 [52nd of 80]
Murders 143 [44th of 49]
Murders committed by youths 33 [51st of 73]
Murders with firearms 21 [26th of 36]
Police 3,633 [44th of 47]
Prisoners 4,571 prisoners [96th of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 339 per 100,000 people [18th of 164]
Rapes 73 [55th of 50]
Robberies 4,754 [27th of 47]
Software piracy rate 51% [71st of 107]
Total crimes 57,799 [44th 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); Last updated: 01/04/03; 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: Estonia, Republic of Estonia, Eesti Vabariik, Eesti

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