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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 27 February 2017

Region: Crime and prisons II: economic costs

For the first time, a detailed report has sought to calculate the overall cost of crime and violence in Latin America, including running prisons. The answer, according to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is US$261bn or 3.55% of annual GDP.

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