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Even if it's registered in a local jurisdiction, the paper work may not be reliable and it will be possible for scammers in those jurisdictions to get that paper work. It's not like there aren't plenty of shady incorporated companies already. It's still going to be a time-consuming and expensive process to track down the paper trails. Probably it will require a specialist. It can get pretty difficult pretty quickly as people use shell companies and god knows what other tricks that are available in these systems. And the police aren't going to just jump on the case and do this all for you. They don't have the resources. For the average person, your police report is going to go in the bin. You're gonna have to do a lot of work or pay someone to do it.

- there will be scammers even in the areas with stronger legal systems (look at one of the other sibling commenters RE: Britain, for example)

- having a paper trail is reactive, not proactive

- the average person will have a difficult time tracking down a paper trail