29 countries in this region continue to apply the death penalty in cases of murder without extenuating circumstances, and more than 4,200 people sit on death row. The number of state executions, however, are low, with just 28 last year in four countries: Botswana, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. Although there is a move to abolish this sentence, the number of highly violent crimes involving two or more people has been on the increase, often for a purely economic motive. However, the proportion of reported crimes are low and in many countries over half of all cases are withdrawn at the level of the Magistrates Court. Thus, in Botswana, for instance, the incidence of homicide is officially greater than for burglary, drug offences, or fraud.