Introduction

Crime against businesses is a significant and complex phenomenon. It can cause substantial damage to the socioeconomic fabric of a territory both directly, by creating an economic loss for the victimised businesses, and indirectly, considering the impact of the business closure and the cost of the protection measures that may cause a rise of the goods prices. The main goal of this project is bringing to a more complete picture and knowledge of the phenomenon as a whole across all the EU countries, by overcoming too narrow sectorial approaches and allowing a greater methodological homogeneity