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Central America and the Caribbean > Panama > Crime

PANAMANIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 29 [29th of 49]
Convicted 48 [48th of 56]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation
CSI - En la Escena del Crimen
Death penalty > Last executed 40 [40th of 55]
Illicit drugs
major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a major problem
Jails 40 [40th of 62]
Judges and Magistrates 35 [35th of 45]
Murders committed by youths 26 [26th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 10 [10th of 0]
Prisoners 61 prisoners [61st of 164]
Prisoners > Female 16% [16th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 37% [37th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 15 per 100,000 people [15th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 29% [29th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 37% [37th of 128]
Software piracy losses $79.00 [79th of 84]
Software piracy rate 27% [27th of 84]
United States extradition treaties > Citation 34 Stat. 2851.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed May 25, 2004
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 58 [58th of 116]

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SOURCES: Total acquitted in criminal courts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; ; Amnesty International; Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. ; Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups). Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Number of Judges and Magistrates; Homicide rates among youths aged 10–29 years by country or area: most recent year available (variable 1990–1999).; Homicide rate per 100,000 population aged 10–29 years; Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held. Different reporting practices mean that that statistics, whilst broadly correct, are not exact. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reporst that a further 110,284 juveniles were held in custodial institutions at October 2000 and a further 1,912 in 'jails in Indian country' at 30.6.2001.; Female prisoners, expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population. Data for 2003.; Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population. Data for 2003.; Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.; The percentage of the prison population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.; The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.; The piracy losses are calculated using the known size of the legitimate software market of the country and using the piracy rate to derive the retail value of the software that was not paid for (Data is for 2004).; Piracy rate - the number of pirated software units divided by the total number of units put into use (Data is for 2004).; Number of unpaid parking fines incurred in Britain in 1991 by diplomats protected by diplomatic immunity. According to Mr Lennox-Boyd, Forty alleged serious offences by persons entitled to diplomatic immunity were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1991. "Serious offences" are defined in accordance with the Report to the Foreign Affairs Committee "The Abuse of Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges"--1985--as offences falling into a category which would in certain circumstances attract a maximum penalty of six months or more imprisonment. The majority involved drinking and driving, and shoplifting. Seven diplomats were withdrawn from their posts in Britain in 1991 following alleged offences, as against six in the previous year.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Panama, Republic of Panama, Republica de Panama

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George (Dallas, Texas)
16th February 2007
Property crime in Panama is out of this world. Security bars, walled compounds and wrought iron doors and gates are the norm in Panama. Robbers and thieves are rampant because the police is practically powerless to stop them.

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