The World Economic Forum recently published its annual Global Competitiveness Report, which brings together dozens of measures of economic and institutional health. One of the sub-categories used by the WEF is the prevalence of organised crime — listed under the "security" index. Extortion, racketeering, theft, violence and property damage are all factors that could hold back a country's development. To make the comparisons more reasonable, we only took countries from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There are 34 nations, all democracies with mixed or market economies. The group is often though of as a rich countries' club. We thinned the list down to any OECD countries that fell outside of the top 50 places in the WEF's ranks. The lower the WEF ranking given, the worse the country is for organised crime. Take a look: 10. GREECE — THE COUNTRY'S HUGE SHIPPING INDUSTRY AND PROXIMITY TO ASIA CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMUGGLING, AND IT RANKS 52ND. 11. JAPAN — DESPITE THEIR FAMOUS YAKUZA GANGS, JAPAN ONLY JUST SNEAKS ONTO OUR LIST, COMING IN 57TH PLACE. THE GROUP IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SINGLE ORGANISED CRIME SYNDICATES IN THE WORLD. 9. FRANCE — IN 60TH PLACE, FRANCE RANKS WORSE THAN OTHER LARGE EU COUNTRIES LIKE SPAIN, THE UK AND GERMANY. ITS CORSICAN MAFIA WAS ONCE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE TRAFFICKING OF HEROIN INTO THE UNITED STATES, REFERRED TO AS "THE FRENCH CONNECTION." See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: 7 rules for making a great first impression
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