How accurately are we measuring fraud enabled by international actors and networks? Are there jurisdictions that are under-represented in our understanding?
Background
Many economic crimes are by their nature hidden, occur internationally and are typically under-identified and under-reported. It is therefore challenging to accurately measure the scale or prevalence of different types of economic crime.
It should be noted that in terms of measuring the scale of fraud, the landscape is more mature compared to other types of economic crime; for example, the CSEW regularly measures the scale and nature of fraud against individuals. The ARIs in this group focus on particular areas of the scale of the problem and measuring the threat on which further evidence would be helpful and extend our pre-existing evidence base
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Economic Crime Areas of Research Interest ARI report July 2025 1
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