"As regards the most serious of the crimes, namely the murder in 2021, the general trend is confirmed: the data updated to 26 December of this year recorded 289 murders, 4 more people died than last year, but 25 less than in 2019 (pre-pandemic era) ".
It emerges from the final balance of the Department of Public Security.
"On the other hand, the percentage incidence of the total homicides of women killed is growing: 116 victims in 2021 (there were 110 in 2019), of which 100 were killed in the family / emotional context (they were 93 in 2019); of the latter, 68 found the death at the hands of the partner / former partner (there were 67 in 2019) ".
In the first 9 months of 2021, 156 acts of intimidation against journalists were recorded (+ 21% on 2020), 74 cases (47%) occurred on social networks. It emerges from the data processed by the Coordination Center for monitoring, analysis and permanent exchange of information on the phenomenon of intimidating acts against journalists of the Department of Ps.
In addition, threats and acts of intimidation against mayors, even those of large cities, and local administrators are growing.
This is evidenced by the year-end balance sheet on crime presented today by the Public Security Department.
With regard to local administrators, the technical support body for the National Observatory in the first nine months of the year recorded 541 acts of intimidation (+ 16.9% on 2020).
As many as 278 cases (51.4%) occurred against mayors, including metropolitan ones.
