Crime > Unpaid diplomatic parking fines: Countries Compared

Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor

According to the Korea Heraldâ€™s March 16th edition, foreign diplomatic missions in Seoul only paid 3.6 percent of the parking-related fines they incurred in 2004. Eighty-four foreign missions in the city were fined a total of almost US$100,000 for 2,487 parking violations. <p>Only 89 of the fines were paid. The leaders in outstanding fines were Russia (230), Vietnam (199), China (180) and the Philippines (114). Paraguay, the People's Republic of Congo, Norway, Venezuela, Panama and Afghanistan all had no outstanding fines. <p>The Foreign Ministry made an appeal to the missions for voluntary payment of the fines, but it was ignored. Under the terms of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, "the means of transport of the [diplomatic] mission shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution."

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DEFINITION: Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Kuwait	246.2	2002
2	Egypt	139.6	2002
3	Chad	124.3	2002
4	Sudan	119.1	2002
5	Bulgaria	117.5	2002
6	Mozambique	110.7	2002
7	Albania	84.5	2002
8	Angola	81.7	2002
9	Senegal	79.2	2002
10	Pakistan	69.4	2002
11	Cote d'Ivoire	67.1	2002
12	Zambia	60.4	2002
13	Morocco	60	2002
14	Ethiopia	59.7	2002
15	Nigeria	58.6	2002
	OPEC countries average (profile)	53.17	2002
16	Syria	52.7	2002
17	Benin	49.8	2002
18	Zimbabwe	45.6	2002
19	Cameroon	43.6	2002
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	40.56	2002
20	Serbia and Montenegro	38	2002
=21	Bahrain	37.7	2002
=21	Burundi	37.7	2002
23	Mali	37.4	2002
	Muslim countries average (profile)	37.09	2002
24	Indonesia	36.1	2002
	Former French colonies average (profile)	35.45	2002
25	Guinea	34.8	2002
26	South Africa	34	2002
27	Saudi Arabia	33.8	2002
28	Bangladesh	33	2002
	South Asia average (profile)	31.73	2002
29	Brazil	29.9	2002
30	Sierra Leone	25.6	2002
31	Algeria	25.2	2002
32	Thailand	24.5	2002
33	Kazakhstan	21.1	2002
34	Mauritius	20.5	2002
35	Niger	19.9	2002
36	Czech Republic	18.9	2002
37	Lesotho	18.8	2002
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	18.71	2002
38	Botswana	18.5	2002
39	Bhutan	18.4	2002
40	Sri Lanka	17.2	2002
	Emerging markets average (profile)	16.79	2002
=41	Nepal	16.5	2002
=41	Chile	16.5	2002
=41	Tunisia	16.5	2002
44	Iran	15.7	2002
45	Fiji	15.5	2002
46	Italy	14.6	2002
47	Liberia	13.5	2002
=48	Malawi	13	2002
=48	Paraguay	13	2002
=50	Rwanda	12.9	2002
=50	Ukraine	12.9	2002
52	Spain	12.7	2002
	NATO countries average (profile)	12.24	2002
53	Philippines	11.5	2002
54	Ghana	11.3	2002
55	Mauritania	11.2	2002
56	Guinea-Bissau	10.8	2002
57	Estonia	10.5	2002
58	Mongolia	10.2	2002
=59	Costa Rica	10.1	2002
=59	Armenia	10.1	2002
=61	Togo	9.9	2002
=61	Comoros	9.9	2002
63	Vietnam	9.8	2002
64	Georgia	9.7	2002
=65	Venezuela	9.1	2002
=65	Yemen	9.1	2002
=67	Portugal	8.8	2002
=67	Uzbekistan	8.8	2002
69	Madagascar	8.7	2002
	European Union average (profile)	8.7	2002
70	Tanzania	8.3	2002
71	Libya	8.2	2002
=72	Congo, Republic of the	7.7	2002
=72	Kenya	7.7	2002
=74	Croatia	6.5	2002
=74	Djibouti	6.5	2002
76	Slovakia	6.4	2002
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	6.39	2002
=77	France	6.1	2002
=77	India	6.1	2002
=77	Laos	6.1	2002
80	Turkmenistan	5.8	2002
81	Papua New Guinea	5.5	2002
82	Honduras	5.4	2002
=83	Slovenia	5.2	2002
=83	Kyrgyzstan	5.2	2002
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	5.05	2002
85	Nicaragua	4.9	2002
	Eurozone average (profile)	4.55	2002
86	Uruguay	4.4	2002
=87	Swaziland	4.3	2002
=87	Tajikistan	4.3	2002
89	Namibia	4.2	2002
90	Mexico	4	2002
91	Argentina	3.9	2002
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	3.86	2002
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	3.62	2002
=92	Romania	3.5	2002
=92	Uganda	3.5	2002
=92	Singapore	3.5	2002
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	3.36	2002
95	Hungary	3.3	2002
=96	Bolivia	3.1	2002
=96	Peru	3.1	2002
98	Haiti	3	2002
99	Jordan	2.9	2002
=100	Belarus	2.7	2002
=100	Belgium	2.7	2002
102	Cyprus	2.5	2002
103	Guyana	2.3	2002
=104	Gabon	2.2	2002
=104	Austria	2.2	2002
=106	Lithuania	2	2002
=106	Russia	2	2002
=108	El Salvador	1.7	2002
=108	Poland	1.7	2002
110	The Gambia	1.5	2002
=111	Malaysia	1.4	2002
=111	Trinidad and Tobago	1.4	2002
113	Lebanon	1.3	2002
114	Germany	1	2002
115	Eritrea	0.8	2002
116	Moldova	0.7	2002
117	South Korea	0.4	2002
=118	Dominican Republic	0.1	2002
=118	Finland	0.1	2002
=118	Guatemala	0.1	2002
=118	New Zealand	0.1	2002
=118	Switzerland	0.1	2002
=123	Canada	0.0	2002
=123	Netherlands	0.0	2002
=123	Turkey	0.0	2002
=123	Norway	0.0	2002
=123	Panama	0.0	2002
=123	Ireland	0.0	2002
=123	Ecuador	0.0	2002
=123	Australia	0.0	2002
=123	Denmark	0.0	2002
=123	Colombia	0.0	2002
=123	Israel	0.0	2002
=123	United Kingdom	0.0	2002
=123	Greece	0.0	2002
=123	Oman	0.0	2002
=123	Jamaica	0.0	2002
=123	United Arab Emirates	0.0	2002
=123	Azerbaijan	0.0	2002
=123	Sweden	0.0	2002
=123	Latvia	0.0	2002
=123	Japan	0.0	2002

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