current research is strongly motivated by the need to translate research on romance fraud victimology into practical and …Across the world each year millions of people are victimised by online crime, many of whom fall victim to online fraud …. One of the most enduring and prolific types of online fraud is romance fraud. Romance fraud often leads to financial and …

crime that are related to economic determinants: property crimes (including robbery, theft and car theft), fraud and usury … tax evasion positively affects economic crimes. Notably, the elasticity of tax evasion to fraud is related to the size of … adjustment costs. Finally, we find that property crimes, fraud and usury are not influenced by deterrence or clearing …