Criminal-legal and criminological characte- ristics of legalization (washing) of money received by a criminal way

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime in theoretical and legal aspects. The criminal law and criminological characteristics of this type of illegal activity, in particular, the
object and object of the crime, changes in the legislative definition of predicate act, objective and subjective parties, peculiarities of the subject of the crime are investigated. It is established that the public danger of legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime is to cause damage to legal economic activity, to create a material basis for increasing the scale of criminal activity, destabilizing the normal functioning of the financial system, reducing the level of trust in it, and strengthening business entities, increased unfair competition and property stratification of society, deterioration of international Ukraine's image. The legalization of criminal
proceeds has become a global threat to economic and political security, and this is why this type of criminal activity is the focus of law enforcement and financial authorities, which in turn require concerted action to counter this phenomenon both nationally and at the international level. Legalization is a typical convention crime, that is, an act whose criminalization occurred in connection with the accession of our country to the number of participants in the relevant international legal acts. It is concluded that the investigated crime is committed using financial transactions or entering into agreements with funds or other property obtained
as a result of committing a socially dangerous unlawful act, which preceded such legalization, and the purpose of legalization is the criterion according to which this crime must be distinguished provided for by other rules of criminal law. Creating a modern regulatory framework for combating money laundering in Ukraine is an important and urgent task.