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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	47.21 %		[1st of 38]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	81.73 %		[1st of 39]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	65.28 %		[1st of 39]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	48.73 %		[1st of 39]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Illicit drugs transshipment point used by Nigerian traffickers for narcotics destined for Western Europe; vulnerable to money laundering due to poorly enforced financial regulations
Source: World Development Indicators database
Prisoners	4,961 prisoners		[92nd of 168]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Prisoners > Female	3.5%		[81st of 134]
Source: 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)
Prisoners > Per capita	81 per 100,000 people		[104th of 164]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	64.5%		[16th of 143]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	49.8		[17th of 143]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

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