Sentence examples for crime cost from inspiring English sources
Last year, retail crime cost companies more £1.5bn and it doesn't seem to be going away – it was up 15.6% on the previous 12 months.
The commission seems also to have been touched by the fact that Mr. Velella's crime cost him his Senate job and his license to practice law.
In a study that took into account the opportunity costs for jail time and the cost of stolen goods, scholars found that crime cost Uruguay about $319m£209m9m) a year.
According to estimates by a court-appointed trustee who is liquidating his estate, Mr. Madoff's crime cost thousands of victims at least $21 billion in cash losses, part of the $64.8 billion in paper wealth that vanished when his scheme collapsed.
It is estimated that last year cyber crime cost the UK economy around £80bn.
After agricultural crime cost the south-west of England £7.6m in 2011, BBC News has asked Devon and Cornwall's police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates how they would tackle it.
Drug-related crime costs £14bn.
According to CISC, crime costs Mexico more than $5 billion a year.
What we know is that available statistics show that cyber crime costs $1tn worldwide each year.
The crime costs associated with the misuse of alcohol are £7.3bn a year - most of it violent crime.
Crime prevention minister Norman Baker told the Mail that the government was "determined to tackle alcohol abuse", adding that alcohol-related crime costs about £11bn a year in England and Wales.
