Criminal Law Nature of Criminal Incomes Legalizatio
Criminal Law Nature of Criminal Incomes Legalizatio

Summary/Abstract: Combat against crimes relating to the legalization of criminal incomes became one of the most important directions of the economic and criminal policy of the state nowadays. The domestic law of almost every state, including Russia, contain the relevant legal provisions. However, the lack of clear theoretical base determining the legal nature of this crime impedes the effective application of law. Specialists tend to associate the said crime with theoretical concepts of involvement in a crime and degrees of crime commission. However, today such approach appears to fail to ensure the correct understanding of the level of social danger of criminal incomes legalization, as well as fails to ensure that the crime qualification issues are adequately addressed. This article proves the necessity for reconsideration of common approach to criminal incomes legalization and, based on analysis of the economic mechanism and economic consequences of criminal incomes legalization, substantiates the point that this crime has a specific legal nature.

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