NationMaster - Mauritanian Crime statistics

> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	1.16 %	...	[22nd of 38]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	1.51 %	...	[21st of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	35.59 %	...	[17th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	0.76 %	...	[14th of 39]
Prisoners	1,354 prisoners		[119th of 0]
Prisoners > Per capita	48 per 100,000 people		[135th of 164]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	0%		[125th of 128]
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation Mauritania is a source and destination country for children trafficked for the purpose of forced labor, begging, and domestic servitude; adults and children are subjected to slavery-related practices rooted in ancestral master-slave relationships in isolated parts of the country where a barter economy exists
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating Tier 2 Watch List - Mauritania is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to show evidence of increased efforts to combat trafficking, particularly in the area of law enforcement
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	11.2		[55th of 143]

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SOURCES: 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); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah, Muritaniyah

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