One good and one bad. The percentage of Coparmex member companies that reported having been a victim of a crime in the first quarter of 2025 decreased, but among the crimes suffered, extortion or collection of fees increased.
The percentage of members affected was 46.8%, 4.5 percentage points less compared to the same period of the previous year, according to a survey.
Meanwhile, the percentage of victims of extortion or collection of fees rose 1.3 percentage points to 17.3%. Of that universe affected by crime, 68.8% received phone calls and the rest received other types of extortion.
Of the partners who were victims of extortion, collection was made in 37% of the cases.
The employers’ leadership presented the results of its most recent safety survey, which it carried out between August 20 and October 20 and in which 3,850 companies participated.
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“The data we present comes from companies that live this reality every day, that make investment decisions, that generate employment and that directly face the conditions of the environment,” declared the national president of the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic, Juan José Sierra Álvarez, according to a statement.
“Therefore, when our indicators show a drop in confidence to invest or an increase in insecurity, we are not talking about sensations, but about the reality that thousands of companies in the country are facing,” he added.
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During the presentation of the figures, Coparmex emphasized that the recent approval of the General Law against Extortion opens a real window to confront one of the crimes that most impacts companies, especially MSMEs, and that limits their abilities to operate and grow.
He stressed that for this law to translate into results, it is necessary for the federal and state governments to allocate sufficient budgets, strengthen the training of police, prosecutors and judges and accelerate the homologation of local legislation, in order to ensure coordinated and effective application throughout the country.
“Advancing this institutional framework is essential to build an environment where investment can be developed with certainty, where clear rules exist and where companies generate formal jobs in an environment of security and legality,” said Coparmex.
The organization detailed that the most frequent crimes are theft of merchandise in transit (25.6%), extortion or payment of a flat (17.3%), vehicle theft (16.1%) and computer crimes (10.4%).
The percentage of partners who considered it was a good time to invest was 39.5%, practically the same as the 39.6% in the first quarter of 2024.
However, 62.8% said that they do have plans to expand the number of collaborators, branches or products.
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