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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	4 %		[30th of 38]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	14.5 %		[21st of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	35.94 %		[23rd of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	4.5 %		[32nd of 39]
Illicit drugs major transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of opium poppy for domestic consumption; Tajikistan seizes roughly 80% of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third worldwide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium); significant consumer of opiates
Murders committed by youths	124		[33rd of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita	5.5		[26th of 57]
Prisoners	0 prisoners		[162nd of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita	161 per 100,000 people		[53rd of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	0%		[142nd of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	0%		[128th of 128]
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation Tajikistan is a source country for women trafficked through Kyrgyzstan and Russia to the UAE, Turkey, and Russia for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; men are trafficked to Russia and Kazakhstan for the purpose of forced labor, primarily in the construction and agricultural industries; boys and girls are trafficked internally for various purposes, including forced labor and forced begging
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating Tier 2 Watch List - Tajikistan is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, especially efforts to investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence traffickers; despite evidence of low- and mid-level officials' complicity in trafficking, the government did not punish any public officials for trafficking complicity during 2007; lack of capacity and poor coordination between government institutions remained key obstacles to effective anti-trafficking efforts
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	4.3		[87th of 143]

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