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'''Crime in [[Benin]]''' is high and targets visitors.  Petty crime is common all over the country.<ref name=OSAC>{{cite web|title=Benin 2012 OSAC Crime and Safety Report |url= https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=12062 |accessdate= 31 October 2012 |date= 25 Feb 2012}}''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.''</ref>  Street [[robbery]] is a large problem in [[Cotonou]]. Robbery and [[mugging]] happen near hotels used by international visitors. Many times a gun is used, but there is only minor injury to the victim. These crimes happen even in daylight hours.

Overland travel can be dangerous.  Highway [[bandit]]s block the road.  They then steal the car.  There is very little security on the roads.  The borders between countries are not strong.

[[Drug trafficking]] in Benin is growing.  The government does not stop drugs from going through the country. Drug use in Benin is low.  [[Marijuana]] is the drug used most. Marijuana is grown in the central part of Benin.<ref name=OSAC /> 

There is a high rate of credit card and automated teller machine (ATM) fraud.<ref>[http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1066.html "Benin"]. [[U.S. Department of State]]. ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.''</ref>

In 2011, [[Transparency International]] ranked Benin as 100th of 182 countries on perceived [[corruption]].  Benin's score was 3, with 10 being the best possible score.<ref name=TI>{{cite web|title=2011 Corruption Perceptions Index|url=https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=12062|publisher=Transparency International|accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref> 

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