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Assaults
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3,322 |
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[42nd of 49]
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Burglaries
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15,899 |
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[30th of 38]
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Car thefts
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8,486 |
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[29th of 46]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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9.8 %
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[29th of 39]
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Drug offences
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33.3 per 100,000 people |
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[25th of 46]
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Frauds
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391 |
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[55th of 48]
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Illicit drugs
a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime |
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Manslaughters
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19 |
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[36th of 42]
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Murders
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81 |
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[49th of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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25 |
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[54th of 73]
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Murders committed by youths per capita
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0.9 |
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[53rd of 57]
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Prisoners
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8,841 prisoners |
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[67th of 168]
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Prisoners > Female
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4.9% |
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[48th of 134]
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Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
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42.4% |
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[9th of 86]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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83 per 100,000 people |
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[103rd of 164]
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Rapes
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114 |
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[49th of 50]
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Robberies
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833 |
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[52nd of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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58% |
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[60th of 107]
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Total crimes
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102,783 |
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[36th of 50]
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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0 |
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[133rd 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); World Development Indicators database; 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); All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; 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); 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:
Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada
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