Crime takes a toll of 115 billion pesos on businesses in Mexico: extortion reigns supreme

Insecurity in Mexico represents a structural economic burden that goes beyond merchandise theft, affecting the financial viability of businesses through preventive costs and direct losses. Extortion has emerged as the predominant crime, significantly impacting Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and forcing businesses to allocate more than half of their resources to security measures before even becoming victims. This situation raises operational costs, reduces competitiveness, and absorbs capital that should be invested in growth and job creation. Impunity is a critical factor exacerbating this crisis, as the overwhelming majority of crimes against economic entities remain unreported or uninvestigated. Distrust in authorities, combined with the perception of inefficiency in the justice system, creates a vicious cycle where the lack of sanctions encourages recidivism. This climate of legal insecurity discourages investment and weakens the business fabric, particularly in sectors most exposed to economic violence. This report is fundamental to the open data movement because it exposes the disconnect between the reality of crime and visible official statistics. The high rate of unreported crimes reveals that traditional public data are insufficient to understand the true phenomenon. Therefore, it is necessary to collect and publish alternative victimization data to highlight the real impact of crime on the economy, enabling evidence-based decision-making grounded in actual realities rather than partial police reports.

Source: publimetro.com.mx
Published on 2026-11-12

Crime takes a toll of 115 billion pesos on businesses in Mexico: extortion reigns supreme

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