INSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS FOR ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Abstract

At present, provisions of the law about an institution of criminal proceedings in the economic sphere are controversial. The order of criminal prosecution of such crimes also is not defined clearly. The purpose of the research is to develop the optimal scenario for initiating these criminal cases and determining the most appropriate procedure for their investigation. This study relied on the methods of comparative studies, analysis and synthesis. Using the method of comparative studies, the norms of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Fe­deration and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the initiation of criminal cases in the economic sphere were compared. A graphic comparison was drawn between the content of part 3 of article 20 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and Chapter 23 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The research proposed to change the text of the conditions under which the private-public procedure for the criminal prosecution of crimes in the economic sphere is applied, shifting the focus from the fact of causing harm to the direction of the act itself (Part 3, Article 20, Article 23 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation). In addition, it is proposed to include the composition of Chapter 23 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the list of cases of private-public pro­se­cution to develop a single clear procedure for initiating these cases.