|
Adults prosecuted
|
9,660 |
|
[23rd of 28]
|
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation
CSI - En la Escena del Crimen |
|
Death penalty > Abolition date
|
1,863 |
|
[66th of 64]
|
|
Embezzlements
|
4,111 |
|
[15th of 36]
|
|
Embezzlements (per capita)
|
0.16201 per 1,000 people |
|
[25th of 44]
|
|
Females prosecuted
|
555 |
|
[24th of 26]
|
|
Frauds
|
11,741 |
|
[23rd of 48]
|
|
Frauds (per capita)
|
0.4627 per 1,000 people |
|
[31st of 61]
|
Illicit drugs
small-scale illicit producer of opium and coca for the processing of opiates and coca derivatives; however, large quantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana transit the country from Colombia bound for US and Europe; significant narcotics-related money-laundering activity, especially along the border with Colombia and on Margarita Island; active eradication program primarily targeting opium; increasing signs of drug-related activities by Colombian insurgents on border |
|
Jails
|
48 |
|
[25th of 80]
|
|
Jails (per capita)
|
0.00122167 per 1,000 people |
|
[57th of 62]
|
|
Judges and Magistrates
|
630 |
|
[25th of 35]
|
|
Judges and Magistrates (per capita)
|
0.0248276 per 1,000 people |
|
[40th of 45]
|
|
Murders
|
8,022 |
|
[7th of 49]
|
|
Murders (per capita)
|
0.316138 per 1,000 people |
|
[4th of 62]
|
|
Murders committed by youths
|
2,090 |
|
[7th of 73]
|
|
Murders committed by youths per capita
|
25 |
|
[6th of 57]
|
|
Police
|
3,954 |
|
[43rd of 47]
|
|
Prisoners
|
19,255 prisoners |
|
[22nd of 168]
|
|
Prisoners > Female
|
5.7% |
|
[35th of 134]
|
|
Prisoners > Per capita
|
76 per 100,000 people |
|
[107th of 164]
|
|
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
|
52.1% |
|
[31st of 143]
|
|
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
|
97.2% |
|
[96th of 128]
|
|
Rapes
|
2,931 |
|
[15th of 50]
|
|
Rapes (per capita)
|
0.115507 per 1,000 people |
|
[20th of 65]
|
|
Robberies
|
34,975 |
|
[12th of 47]
|
|
Robberies (per capita)
|
1.37833 per 1,000 people |
|
[13th of 64]
|
|
Sentence Length
|
1,422 |
|
[7th of 21]
|
|
Software piracy rate
|
87% |
|
[9th of 107]
|
|
Total crimes
|
236,165 |
|
[30th of 50]
|
|
Total crimes (per capita)
|
9.307 per 1,000 people |
|
[46th of 60]
|
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Venezuela is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; Venezuelan women and girls are trafficked within the country for sexual exploitation, lured from the nation's interior to urban and tourist areas; child prostitution in urban areas and child sex tourism in resort destinations appear to be growing; Venezuelan women and girls are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation to Western Europe, Mexico, and Caribbean destinations |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Venezuela is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List, up from Tier 3, as it showed greater resolve to address trafficking through law enforcement measures and prevention efforts in 2007, although stringent punishment of offenders and victim assistance remain lacking |
|
United States extradition treaties > Citation
|
43 Stat. 1698. |
|
|
|
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
|
Jan. 19, 21, 1922 |
|
|
|
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
|
April 14, 1923 |
|
|
|
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
|
9.1 |
|
[65th of 143]
|
del.icio.us
There are 3 more (non-authoritative) comments on this page
Feeds |
Contact