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Adults prosecuted
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9,660 |
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[23rd of 28]
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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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Frauds
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11,741 |
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[23rd of 48]
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Illicit drugs
small-scale illicit producer of opium and coca for the processing of opiates and coca derivatives; however, large quantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana transit the country from Colombia bound for US and Europe; significant narcotics-related money-laundering activity, especially along the border with Colombia and on Margarita Island; active eradication program primarily targeting opium; increasing signs of drug-related activities by Colombian insurgents on border |
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Jails
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48 |
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[25th of 80]
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Murders
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8,022 |
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[7th of 49]
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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 57]
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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 168]
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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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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 men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; Venezuelan women and girls are trafficked within the country for sexual exploitation, lured from the nation's interior to urban and tourist areas; child prostitution in urban areas and child sex tourism in resort destinations appear to be growing; Venezuelan women and girls are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation to Western Europe, Mexico, and Caribbean destinations |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Venezuela is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List, up from Tier 3, as it showed greater resolve to address trafficking through law enforcement measures and prevention efforts in 2007, although stringent punishment of offenders and victim assistance remain lacking |
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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: 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); Last updated: 01/04/03; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; 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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