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Death penalty > Abolition date
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1,863 |
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[66th of 64]
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Murders committed by youths
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2,090 |
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[7th of 73]
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Murders committed by youths per capita
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25 |
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[6th of 0]
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Police
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3,954 |
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[43rd of 47]
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Prisoners
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19,255 prisoners |
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[22nd of 0]
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Prisoners > Female
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5.7% |
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[35th of 134]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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76 per 100,000 people |
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[107th of 164]
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Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
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52.1% |
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[31st of 143]
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Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
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97.2% |
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[96th of 128]
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Rapes
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2,931 |
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[15th of 50]
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Robberies
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34,975 |
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[12th of 47]
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Sentence Length
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1,422 |
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[7th of 21]
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Software piracy rate
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87% |
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[9th of 107]
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Total crimes
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236,165 |
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[30th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Venezuela is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor; women and children from Colombia, China, Peru, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic are trafficked to and through Venezuela and subjected to commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor; Venezuelans are trafficked internally and to Western Europe, particularly Spain and the Netherlands, and to countries in the Caribbean region for commercial sexual exploitation; Venezuela is a transit country for illegal migrants from other countries in the region and for Asian nationals, some of whom are believed to be trafficking victims |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 3 - Venezuela does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so |
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United States extradition treaties > Citation
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43 Stat. 1698. |
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United States extradition treaties > Date signed
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Jan. 19, 21, 1922 |
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United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
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April 14, 1923 |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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9.1 |
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[65th of 143]
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SOURCES: Last updated: 01/04/03; World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; 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); 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; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
; 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:
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Venezuela, RB
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