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Crime is a present in various forms in Sri Lanka. Crime is segmented into two broad classifications: grave crimes (those which are indictable) and minor crimes (those which are not). Exceptions can be made for criminal liability on the grounds of duress, insanity, intoxication, necessity, and private defense.
'Operation Justice') is an ongoing anti-drug operation conducted by the Sri Lankan Police following directives from the Ministry of Public Security. [1] Starting from 17 December 2023, the police, the Special Task Force and the Sri Lankan Army carried out islandwide raids with 38,525 suspects being arrested as of 17 January 2024. [2]
The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.
However, violent crime rose sharply during the pandemic, with the murder rate spiking to its largest single year increase on record. The number of hate crimes reported rose by 2% to 11,862 from ...
The rate of violent and property crimes dropped precipitously in the first three months of 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to quarterly statistics released Monday by the FBI ...
2023–2024 mpox epidemic: Sri Lanka reports its first two cases of mpox, but does not specify the clade the cases are from. [ 105 ] Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka , Nandalal Weerasinghe , wins an “A” grade in Global Finance ’s 2024 Central Banker Report Cards.
The FBI data, which compares crime rates in the third quarter of 2023 to the same period last year, found that violent crime dropped 8%, while property crime fell 6.3% to what would be its lowest ...
Integrated Research Archived 2023-08-30 at the Wayback Machine Steve Killelea is the founder of technology company Integrated Research; Uppsala Conflict Data Program, an organized violence database; Global Peace Index 2013: The Full List Archived 2023-03-13 at the Wayback Machine; List of safest countries by Global Peace Index