Bucharest's crime rate is quite low in comparison to other European capital cities, with the number of total offences declining by 51% between 2000 and 2004^[1]. Violent and organised crime is quite low, with petty crime and institutional corruption being more widespread. This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Violent and organised crime

Violent crime in Bucharest remains very low, with 24 murders and 1069 other violent offences taking place in 2004^[2]. Although there have been a number of recent police crackdowns on organised crime gangs, such as the Cămătaru clan, organised crime generally has a reduced impact on public life. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ...

Petty crime

Petty crime, however, is more common, particularly in the form of pickpocketing, which occurs mainly on the city's public transport network. Additionally, confidence tricks such as the Maradona scam are sometimes common, especially in regards to tourists. Levels of crime are higher in the southern districts of the city, particularly in Ferentari, a socially-disadvantaged area mainly inhabited by people of Roma ethnicity. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short (Also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ... Ferentari is a neighbourhood in the 5th district (sector) of Bucharest, Romania. ... The Roma people (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), along with the closely related Sinti people, are commonly known as Gypsies in English. ...

Begging and homelessness

The city has quite a large number of beggars and homeless people, many of them from the disadvantaged Roma minority. Although the presence of street children was a problem in Bucharest in the 1990s, their numbers have declined significantly in recent years, currently lying at or below the average of major European capital cities. However, there are still an estimated 1,000 street children in the city^[3], many of which engage in petty crime and begging. There has also been speculation that the street children are recruited by professional underground networks for criminal purposes. From 2000 onwards, Bucharest has seen an increase in illegal road races which occur mainly at night in the city's outskirts or on industrial sites. Beggars in Samarkand, 1905 Begging includes the various methods used by persons to obtain money, food, shelter, or other necessities from people they encounter during the course of their travels. ... A homeless American. ... The Roma people (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), along with the closely related Sinti people, are commonly known as Gypsies in English. ... A street child or street kid is a child who lives on the street – in particular, one that is not taken care of by parents or other adults – and who sleeps on the street because he or she does not have a home. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Institutional and financial crimes

A significant problem in the city remains institutional corruption, which is seen as the most important justice-and-law related problem in the city. While corruption in Romania has declined in recent years due to various government efforts, Bucharest's level of institutional corruption remains somewhat higher than the Romanian average.

See also

• Bucharest

Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ...

Notes

• ^  Bucharest Crime Statistics 2000-2004, Bucharest Directorate-General of Police