Ενώ η Ελλάδα συνεχίζει να αποτελεί σάκο του μποξ δεχόμενη χτυπήματα από δεκάδες κατευθύνσεις, ενώ παράλληλα είναι η μοναδική ίσως “σωστική λέμβος” σε μία θάλασσα προσφύγων, με την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση απούσα, το Business Insider, ρίχνει βολές, κατατάσσοντας την Αθήνα στην τρίτη θέση σε μία λίστα με τις πιο επικίνδυνες πόλεις της Ευρώπης. Επικαλούμενη την έρευνα Mercer, η οποία πραγματοποιείται κάθε χρόνο, η ιστοσελίδα που ανήκει κατά 88% σε γερμανικό όμιλο, καταγράφει τις 10 πόλεις με την υψηλότερη εγκληματικότητα ανάμεσα στις 450, οι οποίες εξετάστηκαν.

  1. Κίεβο, Ουκρανία

1. Kiev, Ukraine — The country's capital ranks at 189 due to continual civil unrest and its pugilistic relationship with Russia. Although the UK foreign office says Kiev is "calm" compared to the now Russia annexed region of Crimea, Kiev is rife with theft, vandalism and violent protests that have killed or injured hundreds of people.

2. Βελιγράδι, Σερβία

2. Belgrade, Serbia — Violent crimes are low in the city but Belgrade sinks to 131 in the index for its widescale corruption and bribery issues as well as from theft and vandalism.

3. Αθήνα, Ελλάδα

3. Athens, Greece — After extensive and prolonged austerity measures, poverty and crime has increased giving Athens a ranking of 124. Furthermore, "the recent political and economic turmoil in Greece, which resulted in violent demonstrations in Athens and other cities in the country, has undermined its safety ranking," says Mercer. The influx of hundreds of thousands of migrants is also exacerbating the city's safety position.

4. Σόφια, Βουλγαρία

4. Sofia, Bulgaria — A high level of social unrest has pushed the city into 118. People in Bulgaria, which is the European Union's poorest member, continually protest against the government over benefit and pension cuts as well as against corruption.

5. Βουδαπέστη, Ουγγαρία

5. Budapest, Hungary — The city dropped to 93 in the index after a massive increase in social unrest in the city following the refugee crisis. Chaos at train stations and protests in the streets have erupted several times as Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has tried to curb the flow of migrants in and through the country.

6. Μαδρίτη, Ισπανία

6. Madrid, Spain — The city ranked 84 in Mercer's list for its social unrest resulting from countrywide austerity measures which led to massive unemployment levels, especially among its youth population.

7. Ρώμη, Ιταλία

8 (joint). Rome, Italy — The city dropped to 82 after Rome, and other Italian cities, were put on high alert for terrorist attacks similar to the Paris shootings in November last year.

8. Ρίγα, Λετονία

8 (joint). Riga, Latvia —Apart from anti-immigration protests starting to dominate the streets, Riga is ranked 82 on the index for its thriving organised crime and prostitution syndicates.

9. Ζάγκρεμπ, Κροατία

9. Zagreb, Croatia —Like Zagreb's other major Eastern European counterparts, corruption drags the city down to 79.

10. Βουκουρέστη, Ρουμανία

10. Bucharest, Romania — Violent and organised crime is quite low in Romania's capital but ranked 79 because of widespread corruption and petty crime.