  The publication is one of the first studies of its kind, devoted to the
economic dimension of crimes against cultural and archaeological heritage. Lack
of research in this area is largely due to irregular global prevalence vague
definition of economic value of the damage these crimes cause to the society at
national and global level, to present and future generations. The author uses
classical models of Becker and Freeman, by modifying and complementing them
with the tools of economics of culture based on the values of non-use. The
model tries to determine the opportunity costs of this type of crime in several
scenarios and based on this to determine the extent of their limitation at an
affordable cost to society and raising public benefits of conservation of World
and National Heritage.
