The theme of protection of business from illegal encroachments today, more than ever, relevant. And there are a number of prerequisites.
Premise No. 1: the increasing number of crimes against business. Starting in 2014 we have seen a steady increase in the number of crimes against business. If we talk only about the fraudulent crimes, they increased from 160 thousand the crimes in 2014, up 220 thousand crimes in 2017 and continue growing. Moreover, there has been a parallel reduction in the detection rate of such crimes from 36% in 2014 to 20% in 2017. However, there are unofficial statistics PwC, according to which the level of reported crime against business is only one-fifth of their real numbers.
Premise No. 2: the Complexity of the criminals. Starting in 2014, the government reinforced measures to combat money laundering and illicit cash. This led to the fact that schemes of work including fraud complicated. Firm-by-night becomes increasingly difficult to identify and attract the attackers to justice - is more complicated. Moreover, is actively teaching the younger generation. In the Telegram there are dozens of channels with thousands of subscribers where scammers share new schemes of work and tell you how to break the law-enforcement system.
Premise No. 3: Reduce preventive measures. Businesses must be able to defend himself, but his security service can afford only 20% of the existing enterprises. Moreover, in 2014 there is a constant decrease in the number of vacancies in the field of business security. More bezopasnikov is out of work, and their functionality is partially transmitted in non-core divisions. On the other hand, the complication of the attackers, practically put an end to the effectiveness of such means of preventing risks, as the official services inspection contractors. It turned out that in fact check they just not do - only data collection.