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Europe > Greece > Crime

GREEK CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 5.18 % Time series [25th of 38]
Assaults 3,322 [42nd of 49]
    Assaults (per capita) 0.311399 per 1,000 people [45th of 57]
Burglaries 15,899 [30th of 38]
    Burglaries (per capita) 1.49035 per 1,000 people [31st of 54]
Car thefts 8,486 [29th of 46]
    Car thefts (per capita) 0.795463 per 1,000 people [31st of 55]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 9.8 % Time series [29th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights 18.22 % Time series [37th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 4.62 % Time series [31st of 39]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation
"CSI : Στον τόπο του εγκλήματος"
Drug offences 33.3 per 100,000 people [25th of 46]
Frauds 391 [55th of 48]
    Frauds (per capita) 0.0366517 per 1,000 people [57th of 61]
Illicit drugs
a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime
Manslaughters 19 [36th of 42]
    Manslaughters (per capita) 0.00178103 per 1,000 people [37th of 43]
Murders 81 [49th of 49]
    Murders (per capita) 0.0075928 per 1,000 people [58th of 62]
Murders committed by youths 25 [54th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 0.9 [53rd of 57]
Prisoners 8,841 prisoners [67th of 168]
Prisoners > Female 4.9% [48th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 42.4% [9th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 83 per 100,000 people [103rd of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 28.5% [78th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 158.3% [27th of 128]
Rapes 114 [49th of 50]
    Rapes (per capita) 0.0106862 per 1,000 people [59th of 65]
Robberies 833 [52nd of 47]
    Robberies (per capita) 0.078084 per 1,000 people [54th of 64]
Software piracy rate 58% [60th of 107]
Total crimes 102,783 [36th of 50]
    Total crimes (per capita) 9.6347 per 1,000 people [45th of 60]
United States extradition treaties > Citation
47 Stat. 2185; TS 855; 8 Bevans 353; 138 LNTS 293.
51 Stat. 357; EAS 114; 8 Bevans 366; 185 LNTS 408.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
May 6, 1931
September 2, 1937
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
November 1, 1932
September 2, 1937
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0 [133rd of 143]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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); Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Wikipedia: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ; 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); All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; 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); Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties ; 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: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada

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COMMENTARY     

Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

28th March 2005
Hi Helen, as explained, we only report on countries, not smaller administrative regions. But you could compare the data for all crimes in Greece and the United Kingdom and also look at the different data-sets under the category for Crime for more detailed comparisons.
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