Ukraine ranks among countries with high levels of organized crime

Ukraine ranks 113th among 137 countries of the world ranked by the World Economic Forum (WEF) experts in terms of levels of organized crime, TV Channel 24 has reported.

Ukraine is in a group of countries with high levels of organized crime together with the states of Latin America and Africa. El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela have the worst ratings. According to the WEF, Finland, Norway, Oman, Iceland and Singapore, forming the top five of the rating, are least affected by the organized crime.

Estonia was tenth (the best result among the former Soviet Union countries), the United Kingdom ranks 28th, Japan 35th, France 48th, the United States 57th, Germany 59th, Turkey 72th, and Italy 123rd (the worst among the EU member states). Ukraine’s neighbor, Poland, took the 54th place, Hungary was 56th, Slovakia 64th, Romania 71st, Russia 86th, Moldova 94th.

The rating was compiled on the basis of data for 2015-2016.