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Central America and the Caribbean > Haiti > Crime

HAITIAN CRIME STATS:   All Stats  
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Death penalty > Abolition date 1,987 [41st of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,972 [17th of 55]
Illicit drugs
Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis
Illicit drugs
Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis
Prisoners 4,152 prisoners [98th of 0]
Prisoners > Per capita 53 per 100,000 people [128th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 83.5% [2nd of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 184.7% [18th of 128]
United States extradition treaties > Citation
34 Stat. 2858; TS 447; 8 Bevans 653.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed August 9, 1904
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force June 28, 1905
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 3 [99th of 143]

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SOURCES: Last updated: 01/04/03; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties ; 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: Haiti, Republic of Haiti, Republique d'Haiti

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