The Vatican reported 1,300 cases of misdemeanor crimes in 2010, giving the world's smallestnation the highest ranking for crimes per capita.
This may come as a shock to those who aren't familiar with the number of pickpockets that roam St. Peter's Square.
Once a pickpocket strikes, they can freely walkacross the border to Italy, making prosecution a difficult prospect.
With a population of 527 peoplein the Vatican and over 1,300 cases of theft, this means there was 1.5cases per person, 20 times the corresponding amount in Italy.
Besides the pickpocketsand purse snatchers in St. Peter's Square, there is also cases offraud and forgery committed mostly by a few of the 18 millionpilgrims and tourists that visited the Vatican in 2010.
The Vatican has decided topursue less than 200 of these criminal cases.
However, if defendantsare convicted they would serve time in an Italian jail because theVatican doesn't have one of their own.
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