A government-reported decline in Venezuela’s crime rate may create the illusion of a security breakthrough, but the reduction has more to do with reconfigurations in the country’s underworld than an ...

But without solid statistics, Venezuela has little chance of slowing the crime wave anytime soon. It is next to impossible to make effective public policy without reliable data.

But perhaps the most ironic contribution to Venezuela’s high crime rate may lie in the failure of Chavez’s government to fully deliver on the egalitarian promises of his own “Bolivarian Revolution.” ...

President Donald Trump has even suggested that Maduro successfully reduced crime by exporting gang members to the U.S. “Crime ...

Venezuela under President Hugo Chávez has the fourth-highest murder rate in the world and an abysmal crime-solving rate. Police in Venezuela make arrests for only eight of every 100 murders ...

Maduro accuses the TV soap operas of glamorizing violence%2C guns and drugs Statistics show Venezuela crime rate is at least eight times the U.S. rate Maduro may see putting the blame on ...

Venezuela has high crime rate and economic collapse – kidnappers demand payment in dollars. April 7, 2017 May 22, 2016 by Brian Wang. The tumbling value of Venezuela’s national currency, the bolivar, ...

Venezuela had a murder rate of 67 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011. ... Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez emerged as one of Venezuela’s most popular figures despite high crime rates.

The murder rate in Venezuela, one of the world's highest-crime countries, dipped in 2018 as some criminals apparently joined millions of law-abiding compatriots in leaving the crisis-stricken ...

“Venezuela was crime ridden,” Trump said in remarks on May 31 after his conviction in the hush money case. ... Reliable crime statistics in Venezuela are notoriously difficult to obtain.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during his annual state-of-the-nation address to the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.

President Donald Trump has even suggested that Maduro successfully reduced crime by exporting gang members to the U.S. “Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they’re taking their gangs and ...