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4.3 Criminal Justice System Process | Persons prosecuted – By age status and sex, and by citizenship
4.3.1 Total persons prosecuted
"Total persons prosecuted" means the total number of alleged offenders against whom prosecution commenced in the reporting year. Persons may be prosecuted by the public prosecutor or the law enforcement agency responsible for prosecution. All persons for which prosecution started should be counted, irrespective of the case-ending decision.

[Source: United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]


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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda20201,323 
Argentina------ 
Bahamas20206,275 
Barbados2020205 
Belize202061 
Bolivia20183,111 
Brazil------ 
Canada2021206,534 
Chile2020630,693 
Colombia2020110,850 
Costa Rica202012,142 
Dominica------ 
Dominican Republic201684,421 
Ecuador201429,454 
El Salvador202031,195 
Grenada202058 
Guatemala202085,847 
Guyana202015,528 
Haiti------ 
Honduras201476,297 
Jamaica20141,391 
Mexico20211,935,548 
Nicaragua200625,586 
Panama202120,401 
Paraguay201519,711 
Peru2016590,977 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia20201,633 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20201,280 
Suriname20206,210 
Trinidad and Tobago20185,687 
United States202073,740 
Uruguay202117,909 
Venezuela2017194,706 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America20202,126,482 
05. South America------ 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).