Report on the Security Situation in the Czech Republic in 1999
(in comparison with 1998)

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2.3.2. Crimes Committed by Foreigners

The development in numbers of ascertained crimes committed by foreigners in the CR from 1993 to 1999 and changes between years.
  1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Ascertained crimes 9,426 11,384 11,544 11,200 12,935 14,192
Percentage change - 20.77 1.41 -2.98 15.48 9.72

The ratio of foreigners among prosecuted persons in the Czech Republic has been around 6% since 1993. In the year monitored, the Czech police prosecuted 7,491 (-207, -2.7 %) foreigners, which are 5.9 % of the total number of persons prosecuted. Using the qualified estimation based on the police statistical database we can say, that less than one third of prosecuted foreigners in 1999 were foreigners owning a permanent residency permit or long-term residency permit7). The decline in the number of prosecuted foreigners was caused mainly by a lower number of prosecuted citizens of Slovakia (-773 persons). On the contrary, the number of prosecuted foreigners from other countries increased (+566). There has been a decline in prosecuted citizens of Slovakia on a long-term basis. In 1994 there were 4,454 prosecuted Slovak citizens, while in 1999 only 2,184. However, there has been a rise in other prosecuted foreigners (2,347 in 1994, 5,307 in 1999).

 

Prosecuted persons - foreigners in the Czech Republic in 11999 and change in %.
  Crimes against property Common thefts Robberies Crimes of violence Murders Immoral offences Economic crimes Other
Number of persons 2,263 1,288 559 1,230 64 82 1,482 1,650
Percentage change in comparison with 1998 -7.22 -6.80 -21.27 -2.69 -5.88 -37.40 5.71 3.84

In total, prosecuted and investigated foreign nationals committed a total of 14,192 (+1.257 offences) offences cleared up, i.e. 7.3 % of the total number of offences cleared up (6.8 % in 1996 and 7 % in 1998). The number of cleared up economic crimes has grown. On the other hand, the number of cleared up crimes of violence and moral crime has declined. The number of detected crimes against property where the offender was a foreigner stagnates. Foreigners often commit violent crimes within their own ethnic groups.

Prosecuted persons - foreigners in the Czech Republic in 1999 and change in %.
  Crimes against property Common thefts Robberies Crimes of violence Murders Immoral offences Economic crimes Other
Number of persons 5,366 1,779 1,178 1,303 57 110 3,663 2,835
Percentage change in comparison with 1998 1.69 -88.01 -14.45 -4.40 0.00 -34.52 14.65 46.59

The delinquency of foreigners prevails in the borderland (provided we exclude Prague). The regions often used by foreigners for illegal migration prove to be a high rate of prosecuted foreigners.

The share of foreigners the total number of offenders in the regions of the CR in and percentage
  Prague CBR SBR NBR WBR EBR SMR NBR CR
Percentage share 13.5 4.8 4.6 6.6 5.1 4.8 5.5 3.6 5.9
Percentage change in comparison with 1998 1.61 -0.84 -0.38 0.60 0.11 0.42 0.30 0.65 0.10

The total number of sentenced foreigners is 4,769 (7.6 % of the total number of sentenced foreigners, in 1998, 2,714 foreigners were sentenced, which is 5.8 % of the total number of sentenced foreigners). Most of these sentenced persons were citizens of Slovakia (1,649) and Ukraine (1,049). 2,469 were sentenced without any suspension, while 1,379 were inflicted suspended punishment.
The Prague courts and South Moravian courts sentenced the majority of foreigners - 1,264 persons or 697 persons respectively.

2. Crime, Development in Individual Kinds of Crime and Security Risks

2.1. Crime by Regions. Regional Variations
2.2. Misdemeanours
2.3. Offenders
2.3.1. The Crimes of Repeat Offenders
2.3.2. Crimes Committed by Foreigners
2.3.3. Crimes Committed on Youth and by Youth
2.3.4. Crimes Committed by Members of the Czech police, Czech Army, Employees of the Customs Administration and Members and Civilian Staff of the Czech Prison Service
2.4. Victims of Crimes
2.4.1. Information on Victims of Crimes
2.4.2. Information Gathered from the Research of Security Feeling and Attitude of People to Security Risks
2.5. Crimes against property
2.6. Economic Crime, Corruption
2.7. Crimes of Violence
2.8. Crimes against Human Dignity (Moral Crimes)
2.9. Breach of Public Order and Hooliganism, Street Crime
2.10. Crimes Committed on Railways
2.11. Crimes Having Extremist Nature
2.12. Protection of Official Secrets
2.13. Illegal Migration
2.14. Organised Crime
2.15. Terrorism
2.16. Illegal trade in Arms and Explosives
2.17. People Trafficking
2.18. Forgery
2.19. Drugs
2.20. Road Safety
2.21. Searches for Persons and Articles
2.22. Communist Crime Investigation

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