Global score

Victim and witness support

4.24

Refers to the existence of assistance provided to victims of various forms of organized crime (for example, human trafficking, drug trafficking, extortion or fraud).

Support mechanisms, treatment programmes for victims, as well as resources allocated to these initiatives create an environment in which citizens are able to recover more quickly from the effects of organized criminal activities.

Moreover, initiatives such as witness protection programmes are essential, and often the only way to successfully prosecute organized criminals. The more such support programmes are put in place, the more resilient states are to organized crime.

Highest-scoring countries

Liechtenstein

9.50

Liechtenstein

Criminality

1.88

Criminal markets

2.00

Criminal actors

1.75

Resilience

8.42

New Zealand

8.50

New Zealand

Criminality

3.25

Criminal markets

3.25

Criminal actors

3.25

Resilience

8.38

Canada

8.50

Canada

Criminality

3.66

Criminal markets

3.45

Criminal actors

3.88

Resilience

7.25

Andorra

8.50

Andorra

Criminality

2.96

Criminal markets

2.55

Criminal actors

3.38

Resilience

7.75

Switzerland

8.00

Switzerland

Criminality

4.34

Criminal markets

4.30

Criminal actors

4.38

Resilience

7.13

Lowest-scoring countries

Yemen

1.00

Yemen

Criminality

6.13

Criminal markets

5.00

Criminal actors

7.25

Resilience

2.00

Venezuela

1.00

Venezuela

Criminality

6.64

Criminal markets

5.65

Criminal actors

7.63

Resilience

1.92

Sudan

1.00

Sudan

Criminality

6.46

Criminal markets

5.55

Criminal actors

7.38

Resilience

2.96

South Sudan

1.00

South Sudan

Criminality

6.34

Criminal markets

5.30

Criminal actors

7.38

Resilience

1.83

Somalia

1.00

Somalia

Criminality

5.79

Criminal markets

4.45

Criminal actors

7.13

Resilience

1.67

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The criminal markets score is represented by the pyramid base size and the criminal actors score is represented by the pyramid height, on a scale ranging from 1 to 10. The resilience score is represented by the panel height, which can be identified by the side of the panel.

How to measure organized crime?

A series of 13 discussion papers, one for each illicit market considered during the development of the Index.

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This report was funded in part by a grant from the United States Department of State.

ENACT is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Institute for Security Studies and INTERPOL, in affiliation with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.