|
Acquitted
|
42,357 |
|
[2nd of 30]
|
|
Assaults
|
1,192 |
|
[41st of 49]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Assaults |
|
Burglaries
|
1,228 |
|
[32nd of 38]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Burglaries |
|
Car thefts
|
1,009 |
|
[35th of 46]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Car thefts |
|
Death penalty > Abolition date
|
2,002 |
|
[2nd of 64]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Death penalty > Abolition date |
|
Death penalty > Last executed
|
1,962 |
|
[21st of 55]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Death penalty > Last executed |
|
Drug offences
|
436 per 100,000 people |
|
[40th of 46]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Drug offences |
Illicit drugs
minor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to money laundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sector remains weak |
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Definition: Crime > Illicit drugs |
|
Jails
|
1 |
|
[50th of 80]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Jails |
|
Kidnappings
|
12 kidnappings |
|
[31st of 39]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Kidnappings |
|
Murders
|
2 |
|
[49th of 49]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Murders |
|
Murders with firearms
|
4 |
|
[32nd of 36]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Murders with firearms |
|
Police
|
4,729 |
|
[42nd of 47]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Police |
|
Prisoners
|
1,254 prisoners |
|
[47th of 168]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Prisoners |
|
Prisoners > Per capita
|
50 per 100,000 people |
|
[133rd of 164]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Per capita |
|
Rapes
|
13 |
|
[48th of 50]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Rapes |
|
Robberies
|
38 |
|
[45th of 47]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Robberies |
|
Software piracy rate
|
50% |
|
[72nd of 107]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Software piracy rate |
|
Total crimes
|
13,023 |
|
[46th of 50]
|
|
Definition: Crime > Total crimes |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Cyprus is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a third consecutive year for failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking during 2007; although Cyprus passed a new trafficking law and opened a government trafficking shelter, these efforts are outweighed by its failure to show tangible and critically needed progress in the areas of law enforcement, victim protection, and the prevention of trafficking |
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Definition: Crime > Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating |
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