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Business Crime

What crimes affect business

Businesses can be affected by a range of crimes – both internal and external.  Offences can include property crimes, violent crimes and anti-social behaviour:

Property crimes can include:

  • Commercial robbery

  • Fraud and Forgery

  • Shop theft

  • Theft by employees

  • Theft of and from vehicles

  • Theft of plant

  • Making off without payment (for example from petrol forecourts)

Violent crimes can include:

  • Assault

  • Harassment

  • Robbery

  • Violence against shop workers

Anti-social behaviour includes:

  • Criminal or nuisance behaviour causing harassment, alarm or distress to staff or customers, including:

  • Verbal abuse

  • Low level harassment and intimidation, including racial intimidation

  • Graffiti and vandalism

 

Last update: Friday, February 29, 2008

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