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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	5.3 %		[11th of 38]
Assaults	10,544		[24th of 49]
Assaults (per capita)	1.34192 per 1,000 people		[27th of 57]
Burglaries	11,184		[26th of 38]
Burglaries (per capita)	1.63554 per 1,000 people		[30th of 54]
Car thefts	4,517		[24th of 46]
Car thefts (per capita)	1.19672 per 1,000 people		[26th of 55]
Convicted	4,876		[46th of 34]
Convicted (per capita)	1.4274 per 1,000 people		[46th of 56]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	2.41 %		[19th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	37.87 %		[13th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	1.47 %		[8th of 39]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation CSI - En la Escena del Crimen
Death penalty > Abolition date	1,907		[62nd of 64]
Drug offences	857 per 100,000 people		[37th of 46]
Embezzlements	1,965		[15th of 36]
Embezzlements (per capita)	0.24356 per 1,000 people		[14th of 44]
Frauds	1,209		[33rd of 48]
Frauds (per capita)	0.331089 per 1,000 people		[39th of 61]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms	35.2941		[10th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	2.5172		[11th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	4.6149		[17th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	7.1321		[16th of 32]
Illicit drugs small-scale transit country for drugs mainly bound for Europe, often through sea-borne containers; law enforcement corruption; money laundering because of strict banking secrecy laws; weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumption of cocaine base and synthetic drugs
Judges and Magistrates	440		[28th of 35]
Judges and Magistrates (per capita)	0.128806 per 1,000 people		[18th of 45]
Kidnappings	8 kidnappings		[35th of 39]
Manslaughters	38		[24th of 42]
Manslaughters (per capita)	0.0014637 per 1,000 people		[41st of 43]
Murders	217		[23rd of 49]
Murders (per capita)	0.045082 per 1,000 people		[22nd of 62]
Murders committed by youths	36		[49th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita	3.6		[31st of 57]
Murders with firearms	109		[14th of 36]
Murders with firearms (per capita)	0.0245902 per 1,000 people		[9th of 32]
Police	18,173		[28th of 47]
Prisoners	7,100 prisoners		[81st of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita	209 per 100,000 people		[36th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	72.5%		[7th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	150.8%		[34th of 128]
Rapes	303		[31st of 50]
Rapes (per capita)	0.0512295 per 1,000 people		[36th of 65]
Robberies	10,282		[14th of 47]
Robberies (per capita)	1.57114 per 1,000 people		[9th of 64]
Software piracy rate	69%		[42nd of 107]
Total crimes	134,010		[25th of 50]
Total crimes (per capita)	21.7017 per 1,000 people		[30th of 60]
United States extradition treaties > Citation	TIAS 10850.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed	April 6, 1973
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force	April 11, 1984
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	4.4		[86th of 143]

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