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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	14.66 %		[4th of 38]
Acquitted	4,214		[12th of 30]
Adults prosecuted	67,790		[14th of 28]
Assaults	55,575		[10th of 49]
Assaults (per capita)	3.32476 per 1,000 people		[16th of 57]
Burglaries	51,459		[18th of 38]
Burglaries (per capita)	1.44328 per 1,000 people		[32nd of 54]
Car thefts	5,930		[20th of 46]
Convicted	112,680		[10th of 34]
Convicted (per capita)	14.1826 per 1,000 people		[8th of 56]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	12.87 %		[8th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	22.93 %		[7th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	11.92 %		[6th of 39]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation CSI - En la Escena del Crimen
Drug offences	324 per 100,000 people		[42nd of 46]
Embezzlements	8,089		[3rd of 36]
Embezzlements (per capita)	0.464865 per 1,000 people		[7th of 44]
Females prosecuted	20,669		[10th of 26]
Frauds	4,751		[24th of 48]
Frauds (per capita)	0.282586 per 1,000 people		[42nd of 61]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms	10.3053		[27th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	0.1776		[31st of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	1.5461		[28th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	1.7237		[28th of 32]
Illicit drugs transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe and the region; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits, especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone, but a recent anti-money-laundering law improves controls; imported precursors passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising, making Chile a significant consumer of cocaine
Jails	96		[17th of 80]
Jails (per capita)	0.00700832 per 1,000 people		[15th of 62]
Judges and Magistrates	657		[22nd of 35]
Judges and Magistrates (per capita)	0.0340404 per 1,000 people		[37th of 45]
Kidnappings	74 kidnappings		[18th of 39]
Manslaughters	183		[14th of 42]
Murders	235		[37th of 49]
Murders (per capita)	0.014705 per 1,000 people		[45th of 62]
Murders committed by youths	146		[27th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita	3		[33rd of 57]
Murders with firearms	9		[31st of 36]
Police	30,090		[21st of 47]
Police (per capita)	1.85583 per 1,000 people		[38th of 48]
Prisoners	36,636 prisoners		[16th of 168]
Prisoners > Female	6.3%		[23rd of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners	2.9%		[51st of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita	204 per 100,000 people		[38th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	40.4%		[47th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	134.3%		[47th of 128]
Rapes	1,402		[15th of 50]
Rapes (per capita)	0.0782179 per 1,000 people		[26th of 65]
Robberies	110,672		[6th of 47]
Robberies (per capita)	6.92522 per 1,000 people		[2nd of 64]
Software piracy rate	66%		[49th of 107]
Total crimes	593,997		[14th of 50]
Total crimes (per capita)	88.226 per 1,000 people		[5th of 60]
United States extradition treaties > Citation 32 Stat. 1850; TS 407; 6 Bevans 543.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed	April 17, 1900
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force	June 26, 2002
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	16.5		[42nd of 143]

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