Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

    There are 50 Law and Crime Facts!

    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
    68
    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
    16
    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
    92
    North Korea Cannabis
    North Korea Cannabis
    The only country where cannabis is completely legal and du jure is North Korea.
    13
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    A bank robber named "Pretty Boy" Charles Floyd reportedly destroyed mortgage papers on heists, freeing hundreds of people from property debt.
    95
    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
    208
    In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
    32
    In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
    28