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[[File:Car Police Renault.jpg|thumb|Police vehicles of the Benin Police parked.]]
'''Crime in [[Benin]]''' is high and especially targets visitors.<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 February 2012))''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.''</ref>

== Crime by type ==
=== Robbery ===
Petty crime is common throughout Benin.<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 February 2012))''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.''</ref>  Street [[robbery]] is a significant problem in [[Cotonou]]. Robbery and mugging occur along the Boulevard de France (the beach road by the Marina and Novotel Hotels) and on the beaches near hotels frequented by international visitors. Most of the reported incidents involve the use of force, often by armed persons, with occasional minor injury to the victim.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.countryreports.org/travel/Benin/crimes.htm|title=Benin Crime.  Safety and crime information for travel and tourism in Benin - CountryReports|website=www.countryreports.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-06))</ref> Even in daylight hours, foreigners on the beach near Cotonou are frequent victims of robberies.((cn|date=May 2016))

There has been a continued increase in the number of robberies and [[carjacking]] incidents after dark, both within metropolitan Cotonou and on highways and rural roads outside of major metropolitan areas. Overland travel to [[Nigeria]] is dangerous near the Benin/Nigeria border due to unofficial checkpoints and highway [[banditry]].((cn|date=May 2016))

=== Human trafficking ===
((Main|Human trafficking in Benin))

=== Drug trafficking ===
[[Drug trafficking]] in Benin is increasing, due mainly to the porous borders and lack of government intervention of the illegal drug trafficking.  While neighboring countries are making a concerted effort to fight the drug trade, the traffickers are using Benin to traffic drugs from South America into the United States and Europe. Drug use within Benin is low, with marijuana being the drug of choice. Marijuana is grown in the central region of Benin.<ref name=OSAC />

=== Fraud ===
There is a high rate of credit card and automated teller machine (ATM) fraud, largely targeting foreigners.<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1066.html "Benin"] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704070446/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1066.html |date=July 4, 2008 )). [[U.S. Department of State]]. ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.''</ref>

=== Corruption ===
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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