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Country	Number of Fines	Total Outstanding (£)
USA	27,368	2,960,760
Russia	20,327	2,269,440
Japan	19,007	2,090,880
Germany	17,370	1,929,490
Nigeria	14,270	1,520,170
Sudan	9,750	1,016,920
India	7,061	801,940
Poland	6,222	699,000
Kenya	6,429	673,990
Ghana	5,664	631,040
Tanzania	5,764	602,320
France	5,397	593,620
Spain	5,098	578,360
Greece	4,931	556,260
Ukraine	4,904	549,840
South Africa	5,053	527,800
Romania	4,659	520,960
Algeria	4,393	466,760
Sierra Leone	4,295	444,380
Bulgaria	3,002	327,940
Kazakhstan	2,710	307,040
Korea	2,611	303,000
Hungary	2,666	297,100
Slovakia	2,556	286,140
Yemen	2,515	279,000
Belarus	2,454	273,720
Zambia	2,526	272,660
Zimbabwe	2,534	259,400
Cameroon	2,348	252,140
Cyprus	2,110	238,780
Ethiopia	2,217	235,320
Namibia	1,944	202,680
Swaziland	1,947	201,860
Mauritius	1,838	200,760
Czech Republic	1,700	187,580
Equatorial Guinea	1,731	186,720
Pakistan	1,490	175,250
Mozambique	1,610	171,180
Lesotho	1,545	163,280
Austria	1,338	151,160
Belgium	1,268	143,360
Egypt	1,442	137,400
Cote d’Ivoire	1,309	134,680
Malawi	1,237	128,780
Vietnam	1,161	125,780
Malta	1,103	122,580
Guinea	1,186	121,180
Botswana	1,076	118,380
Denmark	1,002	115,220
Jamaica	1,017	111,620
Uganda	1,023	110,780
Saudi Arabia	1,029	103,430
DPR Korea	981	101,700

Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations (Unpaid Parking and Traffic Violations)

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband): In 2008, there were 4,257 recorded outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom. These totalled £448,580. In March this year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all diplomatic missions and international organisations concerned, giving them the opportunity to either pay their outstanding fines or appeal against them if they considered that the fines had been issued incorrectly. As a result of subsequent payments totalling £18,620 and formal appeals lodged, there remains a total of 4,021 (£429,960) unpaid fines for 2008. The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have outstanding fines totalling £1,000 or more.

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DiplomaticMission/InternationalOrganisation	Number of Outstanding Fines (excluding congestion charge)	Amount in £
Kazakhstan	528	£58,400
Sudan	280	£29,680
Afghanistan	253	£27,460
Saudi Arabia	288	£26,960
United Arab Emirates	213	£22,440
China	164	£18,300
Cyprus	163	£17,860
France	154	£16,520
Turkey	125	£13,560
Nigeria	102	£12,880
Pakistan	110	£12,000
Romania	108	£11,290
Russia	85	£8,825
Egypt	75	£8,020
Guinea	66	£6,700
Ukraine	56	£6,260
North Korea	78	£6,080
Albania	55	£5,560
Jordan	53	£5,240
Uzbekistan	49	£4,900
Georgia	47	£4,780
Mozambique	45	£4,500
Malaysia	40	£4,440
Greece	39	£4,360
Iran	35	£3,700
Tunisia	34	£3,500
Zambia	46	£3,380
Bulgaria	26	£2,840
Libya	43	£2,760
DR Congo	35	£2,640
Iraq	24	£2,460
Benin	27	£2,460
Algeria	19	£2,100
Côte d' Ivoire	21	£2,300
Kuwait	19	£2,160
Mauritius	18	£2,020
Ghana	18	£1,980
Germany	18	£1,940
Bangladesh	16	£1,920
Kenya	16	£1,760
Liberia	16	£1,620
Lithuania	15	£1,640
Botswana	14	£1,520
Bahrain	14	£1,520
Hungary	14	£1,480
Angola	14	£1,620
Thailand	13	£1,480
Azerbaijan	13	£1,420
Mongolia	13	£1,460
Luxembourg	14	£1,420
Vietnam	13	£1,320
Italy	17	£1,380
Morocco	13	£1,380
Syria	12	£1,280
Mexico	11	£1,220
Equatorial Guinea	7	£1,105
Ethiopia	11	£1,080
Jamaica	10	£1,080
Swaziland	9	£1,000
Spain	8	£1,000
TOTAL	3,842	£404,240

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