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Acquitted
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481 |
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[21st of 30]
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Assaults
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1,188 |
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[42nd of 49]
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Burglaries
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1,548 |
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[31st of 38]
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Car thefts
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612 |
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[38th of 46]
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Death penalty > Abolition date
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1,995 |
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[19th of 64]
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Drug offences
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2,481 per 100,000 people |
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[27th of 46]
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Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
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5.4348
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[30th of 32]
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Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
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8.5941
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[15th of 32]
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Illicit drugs
limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and possibly the US; widespread crime and underground economic activity |
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Jails
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18 |
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[38th of 80]
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Murders
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340 |
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[16th of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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96 |
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[35th of 73]
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Murders with firearms
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20 |
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[27th of 36]
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Police
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13,766 |
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[33rd of 47]
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Prisoners
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10,903 prisoners |
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[30th of 168]
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Rapes
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204 |
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[35th of 50]
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Robberies
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2,341 |
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[31st of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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92% |
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[4th of 107]
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Total crimes
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36,302 |
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[38th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 3 - Moldova does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government failed to follow-up on allegations of officials complicit in trafficking cited in the 2007 Report, and it did not demonstrate proactive efforts to identify trafficking victims |
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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; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Republica Moldova, Moldova, Republic Of, Moldova, Rep. of
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