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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	25.37 %		[4th of 38]
Assaults	10,784		[31st of 49]
Assaults (per capita)	8.76036 per 1,000 people		[3rd of 57]
Burglaries	1,584		[47th of 38]
Burglaries (per capita)	1.28676 per 1,000 people		[36th of 54]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	36.1 %		[4th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	29.41 %		[28th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	22.93 %		[11th of 39]
Death penalty > Abolition date	1,995		[20th of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed	1,987		[11th of 55]
Embezzlements	535		[29th of 36]
Embezzlements (per capita)	0.434606 per 1,000 people		[8th of 44]
Frauds	914		[49th of 48]
Frauds (per capita)	0.742486 per 1,000 people		[23rd of 61]
Illicit drugs consumer and transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally; significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money laundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and the government appears generally to be committed to regulating its banking industry
Jails	9		[50th of 80]
Jails (per capita)	0.00731113 per 1,000 people		[14th of 62]
Manslaughters	2		[44th of 42]
Manslaughters (per capita)	0.0016247 per 1,000 people		[39th of 43]
Murders	26		[59th of 49]
Murders (per capita)	0.021121 per 1,000 people		[36th of 62]
Murders committed by youths	4		[69th of 73]
Police	8,967		[39th of 47]
Police (per capita)	7.28432 per 1,000 people		[2nd of 48]
Prisoners	2,565 prisoners		[113rd of 168]
Prisoners > Female	4.1%		[67th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners	3.4%		[49th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita	214 per 100,000 people		[34th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	4%		[136th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	154.2%		[32nd of 128]
Rapes	27		[63rd of 50]
Rapes (per capita)	0.0219334 per 1,000 people		[52nd of 65]
Robberies	1,166		[50th of 47]
Robberies (per capita)	0.947197 per 1,000 people		[18th of 64]
Sentence Length	9		[24th of 21]
Software piracy rate	57%		[64th of 107]
Total crimes	35,943		[50th of 50]
Total crimes (per capita)	29.1982 per 1,000 people		[25th of 60]
United States extradition treaties > Citation	47 Stat. 2122.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed	December 22, 1931
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force	June 24, 1935
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	20.5		[34th of 143]

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