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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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29.61 %
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[9th of 38]
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Convicted
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97,141 |
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[19th of 34]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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57.14 %
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[6th of 39]
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Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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8.58 %
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[16th of 39]
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Executions
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7 executions |
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[13th of 22]
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Illicit drugs
a transit point for opiates, hashish, and cocaine bound for regional and Western markets; weak anti-money-laundering controls and bank privatization may leave it vulnerable to money laundering |
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Prisoners
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14,000 prisoners |
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[53rd of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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93 per 100,000 people |
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[97th of 164]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Syria is a destination and transit country for women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; a significant number of women and children in the large and expanding Iraqi refugee community in Syria are reportedly forced into commercial sexual exploitation by Iraqi gangs or, in some cases, their families; women from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone are recruited for work in Syria as domestic servants, but some face conditions of involuntary servitude, including long hours, non-payment of wages, withholding of passports, restrictions on movement, threats, and physical or sexual abuse |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 3 - Syria again failed to report any law enforcement efforts to punish trafficking offenses in 2007; in addition, the government did not offer protection services to victims of trafficking and may have arrested, prosecuted, or deported some victims for prostitution or immigration violations; Syria has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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52.7 |
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[16th of 143]
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