says new the new UNODC’s Global Study on Homicide 2019.

Since the start of the twenty-first century, organized crime killed about as many people as all armed conflicts across the world combined. Moreover, just like armed conflicts, organized crime destabilizes countries, undermines socioeconomic development and erodes the rule of law.

The UNODC study found that organized crime is one of the biggest drivers of homicides around the world. Organized crime was responsible for up to 19% of deaths worldwide.

Most homicide victims are men, but women more often killed by family and intimate partners Globally, some 81 per cent of homicide victims recorded in 2017 were men and boys, and more than 90 per cent of suspects in homicide cases were men, according to the most recent estimates. However, the study shows that the gender disparity among victims changes with age. Girls and boys aged nine and under are killed at roughly equal rates, in marked contrast to all other age groups, in which males make up more than 50 per cent of the victims, according to data from 41 countries….Press/Release
Methodological Annex to The Global Study on Homicide 2019
GLOBAL STUDY ON HOMICIDE Executive Summary