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Assaults
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26,728 |
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[19th of 49]
|
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Burglaries
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7,198 |
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[27th of 38]
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Car thefts
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1,899 |
|
[31st of 46]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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4.26 %
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[15th of 39]
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Drug offences
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4,359 per 100,000 people |
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[22nd of 46]
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Illicit drugs
until 1996 the world's largest coca leaf producer, Peru is now the world's second largest producer of coca leaf, though it lags far behind Colombia; cultivation of coca in Peru declined to 36,000 hectares in 2007; second largest producer of cocaine, estimated at 210 metric tons of potential pure cocaine in 2007; finished cocaine is shipped out from Pacific ports to the international drug market; increasing amounts of base and finished cocaine, however, are being moved to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia for use in the Southern Cone or transshipment to Europe and Africa; increasing domestic drug consumption |
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Jails
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81 |
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[19th of 80]
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Kidnappings
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491 kidnappings |
|
[6th of 39]
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Murders
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1,136 |
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[8th of 49]
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Murders with firearms
|
442 |
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[6th of 36]
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Prisoners
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27,417 prisoners |
|
[20th of 168]
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Prisoners > Female
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8.1% |
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[10th of 134]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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104 per 100,000 people |
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[88th of 164]
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Rapes
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5,968 |
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[7th of 50]
|
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Robberies
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34,036 |
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[9th of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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71% |
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[40th of 107]
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Total crimes
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161,621 |
|
[24th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Peru is primarily a source country for women and children trafficked internally for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced domestic labor; most victims are girls and young women moved internally from rural to urban areas, or from city to city, and lured or coerced into prostitution in nightclubs, bars, and brothels; Peruvians have also been trafficked for sexual exploitation to Spain, Japan, the United States, and Venezuela; the government acknowledges that sex tourism occurs, particularly in the Amazon region of the country |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Peru is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking in 2005 |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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3.1 |
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[98th of 143]
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