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Table 7 - Number of persons charged by type of crime and percentage of foreignerscharged (1988-2000)Charged 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000*Against families 3,733 3,420 2,758 3,175 3,876 4,328 4,248 4,083 4,333 4,222 4,186 4,218 3,492% foreigners 1 2 2 5 7 6 7 7 10 9 11 12 14Carnal Violence 1,092 883 770 788 1,001 1,027 1,039 1,201 1,302 1,282 404 * 214 173% foreigners 9 8 15 19 20 22 22 34 21 24 22 23 21Lustful acts 963 879 633 682 856 1,073 1,041 1,158 920 788 281 * 162 77% foreigners 7 9 8 13 9 11 10 14 9 9 9 9 8Obscene acts 2,016 2,028 1,733 1,853 2,795 3,803 3,901 4,092 3,363 3,304 3,086 2,677 1,573% foreigners 8 11 18 17 20 26 27 30 27 29 29 28 25Exploitationof prostitution 948 757 664 843 1,049 1,393 1,920 2,162 2,440 2,326 2,382 2,866 2,552% foreigners 9 13 24 22 26 37 46 52 53 55 56 56 56Smuggling 1,693 1,673 2,414 2,621 2,155 1,739 1,459 1,883 1,810 2,056 1,591 1,264 461% foreigners 25 21 32 43 36 54 47 46 45 53 50 42 44Tax Evasion 2,667 2,901 3,257 4,056 3,660 3,627 4,196 4,426 4,953 5,190 5,563 6,875 6,385% foreigners 4 5 4 5 5 6 9 8 10 11 12 15 17Illegal armspossession 18,668 15,678 18,700 20,033 19,544 18,736 18,937 18,898 17,273 17,101 17,506 13,572% foreigners 6 7 10 10 10 11 12 14 14 17 17 19 19Violence, resistance,abuse 12,101 12,248 12,534 15,565 18,101 20,582 21,097 22,296 22,645 24,481 24,593 24,481 24,593% foreigners 10 14 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 26 27 29 35Production, trading,and drugdistribution 28,685 26,116 24,635 30,760 38,843 33,146 36,123 32,652 32,987 33,262 33,347 34,284 33,516% foreigners 13 14 17 16 15 19 22 23 22 28 32 29 29Theft 50,534 51,872 55,030 60,062 61,480 61,860 64,438 65,262 65,514 65,122 63,529 63,124 46,441% foreigners 14 17 23 23 25 27 29 32 31 35 38 39 40Robbery 7,765 7,683 8,080 8,845 8,568 9,310 9,258 9,039 9,435 9,382 9,729 10,202 8,589% foreigners 6 7 12 13 14 15 17 19 19 21 23 25 28Damages 10,624 9,840 11,833 12,147 14,438 15,013 15,511 15,296 15,322 15,612 15,977 16,831 13,651% foreigners 4 5 8 11 9 11 13 15 15 17 19 19 19* It should be noted that in 1996 a new variety of sexual violence was introduced which substitutedcarnal violence and lustful acts.Source: Ministry of Interior, Report on the state of safety in Italy, 2001 (data relating to 2000 isprovisional).It is also interesting to note how for certain crimes the number of foreignerseven if increased, does not show a notable increase. This indicates that alreadybefore the most recent massive entry of foreigners in Italy, there were crimes thatinvolved persons of foreign nationality. Examples are smuggling, trafficking andthe retail distribution of drugs. In the case of smuggling it appears evident that thecharacteristics of the crime make involvement of foreigners indispensable, while itis in the weak condition in which the migrant lives the reason for which foreignersare involved as the last link in the chain of the drug trade.