The Frequency of Criminal Acts in the Field of Economic Crime in the Work of Judicial Organs in Serbia
The Frequency of Criminal Acts in the Field of Economic Crime in the Work of Judicial Organs in Serbia

Author(s): Milan Počuča, Jelena Matijašević
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: economic crime; economic-business relations; the Criminal Code; crimes against economy; crimes against official duty;
Summary/Abstract: Economic crime is a kind of crime which is primarily characterized by a diversity of definitions and theoretical interpretations. The paper is methodologically based on a theoretical analysis of the relevant contemporary viewpoints in theory, while the normative method was principally applied in the research part, supplemented with the analytical and deductive methods. In the parts devoted to the results of work of judicial organs based on instituted and completed criminal proceedings for crimes against economy and crimes against official duty, a basic quantitative data analysis will be presented. The primary legislative source consulted in the research part is the Criminal Code. The reference period for which the official data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia is analysed is the three-year period from 2017 to 2019. The conclusion which followed after the analysis of the frequency of criminal acts in the field of economic crime in the work of judicial organs in Serbia is that an essential aspect of economic stability is an optimum number of incriminations, as well as efficient work, proper coordination, and a timely reaction of all the judicial organs in all phases of criminal proceedings for criminal acts the committing of which violates any aspect of business dealing, economic development, or economic-business relations in the broadest sense.

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