[Dansvidania]

as I said, things are crap here too, in many diversified and creative ways.

I am from Italy and we have crippling corruption and criminality problems, even though we have a fifth of the population in 0.03 times the land area. I am familiar with the problems that scare tourists away :)

I would only like to point out that you quote terrorism and sexual assault as things comparable to your own police force abusing power over your citizens. I think there are a few important differences.

[jjeaff]

Police abuse is a travesty and must be stopped.

That being said, unless you live in a high crime area, you are unlikely to have much if any interaction with the police at all.

And when you do, it will likely be friendly.

Basing your decision on a fear of police abuse is like people who don't swim in the ocean because they are afraid of shark attacks.