Assaults: 716 (per capita): 0.178287 per 1,000 people Car thefts: 2,399 (per capita): 0.597361 per 1,000 people Convicted: 3,005 (per capita): 0.748257 per 1,000 people Death penalty > Abolition date: 1,877 Embezzlements: 216 (per capita): 0.0537849 per 1,000 people Frauds: 1,572 (per capita): 0.391434 per 1,000 people
Illicit drugs
transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America; illicit production of cannabis on small, scattered plots; domestic cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising Judges and Magistrates: 581 (per capita): 0.144671 per 1,000 people Manslaughters: 580 (per capita): 0.144422 per 1,000 people Murders: 245 (per capita): 0.061006 per 1,000 people Murders with firearms: 126 (per capita): 0.0313745 per 1,000 people Police: 1,489 (per capita): 0.370767 per 1,000 people Prisoners: 8,526 prisoners Prisoners > Female: 10.8% Prisoners > Foreign prisoners: 8.7% Prisoners > Per capita: 229 per 100,000 people Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees: 39.5% Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled: 109.6% Rapes: 475 (per capita): 0.118277 per 1,000 people Robberies: 19,241 (per capita): 4.79109 per 1,000 people Software piracy losses: $17.00 Software piracy rate: 68% Total crimes: 48,107 (per capita): 11.9788 per 1,000 people Unpaid diplomatic parking fines: 4 (per $ GDP): 0.000105346 per $1 million (per capita): 0.996016 per 1 million people
they sure do have alot of software piracy problems......
and here is your list of US Gov warnings for Americans traveling abroad..
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p...w/tw_1764.html
My uncle and his wife just got back from Costa Rica awhile ago and loved it. They felt safe the whole time and ran into zero problems.