The counteraction to legalization (laundering) of criminal incomes: a comprehensive legal approach

Abstract

The problem of money laundering in socio-economic, criminological, international legal, comparative legal, criminal law and general legal (intersectoral) aspects. It is shown that “money laundering” accompanies the development of a society with a market-based management organization, where mechanisms are in place to ensure the transparency of economic turnover. It is proved that “laundering” is closely related to various types of criminal behavior, provokes their growth, “feeds” on other criminal sources. It has been established that the prevention of money laundering should be joint for the international community and, whenever possible, be carried out through the development of the same rules for combating money laundering. It is argued that modern Russian criminal law is faced with the need to improve the legal structure of the “laundering” of criminal proceeds in order to ensure the stability of legal regulation. In addition, the statement of the question of the feasibility and necessity of adopting federal laws on combating organized crime and on the criminal liability of legal entities that are important in the field of combating the legalization (laundering) of criminal proceeds is substantiated.