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Crime Evolution in Latin America 2015-2024: Database by Categories

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Database on the evolution of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period 2015-2024, compiled from secondary sources (UNODC, InSight Crime, Prosegur Research, World Bank, ECLAC, UN Women and Infosegura). The dataset includes 230+ records organized by 8 categories: (1) Homicides: rates per 100,000 inhabitants for Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Bolivia. (2) Femicides: reported cases. (3) Kidnappings: complaints. (4) Robberies. (5) Drug trafficking: coca hectares cultivated in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia; seizures. (6) Extortion. (7) Organized Crime. (8) Police-judicial corruption. El Salvador reduced its homicide rate from 82.8 (2016) to 1.9 (2024); Ecuador escalated from 5.0 (2015) to 40.5 (2023); Colombia cultivated a record 253,000 ha of coca in 2023. Sources: UNODC, InSight Crime, Prosegur Research, World Bank, ECLAC.

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