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Business Crime Wales has gone live

by Mark Rowe

It’s an on-line service that according to the Welsh devolved government will equip businesses with the knowledge and tools to protect themselves from crime.

Business Crime Wales was announced last year by Economy Minister Edwina Hart. The Welsh government points out that crimes against business range from copyright theft to online fraud to theft or damage to property – while some crimes are specific to certain sectors such as rural and farming crimes or metal theft.

e-Crime alone costs the Welsh economy an estimated £974m annually and research has been commissioned to ascertain the full scale of other crimes against businesses.

Edwina Hart said: ”The cost of crime against business is having a seriously damaging effect on the Welsh economy as a whole and can have a devastating effect on the individual businesses targeted. Crime prevention or crime reduction is clearly a matter for police while the role of the Welsh Government is to provide overall leadership for raising awareness of business crime and its economic impact.

“We want to equip Welsh businesses with the knowledge and tools to be aware, vigilant and ultimately protect themselves from crime. This will be achieved through online tools and guides and building lessons learned into our business support activities and seminars.“

Business Crime Wales is supported by a new Stakeholder Advisory Group which held its first meeting on June 20.
Edwina Hart said: “I believe that by working in partnership through Business Crime Wales we can help make a difference.”

Business Crime Wales will complement the work of the e-Crime Wales partnership that will continue to raise awareness of how to do business on line safely and securely. Members of the Business Crime Wales Stakeholder Advisory Group include:

Matt Jukes, Assistant Chief Constable, South Wales Police and Association of Chief Police Officers Cymru;
David Williams, Federation of Small Businesses;
Bob Bevan, Newport Council and Wales Association of Community Safety Officers;
Dave Lowe, Intellectual Property Office;
Mike Jacklin, Wales Against Business Crime;
Mandy Haeburn-Little, Scottish Business Resilience Centre;
Steve Tooby, Welsh Fraud Forum
Glyn Roberts, Farmers Union of Wales

The Advisory Group will act as an expert group to advise the Welsh Government on tackling business crime; and provide guidance. The Welsh Government’s Business Crime Wales unit will provide overall leadership and co-ordinate new business crime prevention activities with existing activities by others.

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