Combating Corruption Crimes

The current period of functioning of various states and the world community as a whole is characterized by the presence, along with other acute issues, of a negative problem in the form of corruption. This socially dangerous social and legal phenomenon is widespread, there is a high level of corruption crimes and other corruption offenses, including both small, so-called “everyday” manifestations of bribery, and receiving, including extortion of bribes by officials on an especially large scale. In this regard, there is a need for permanent research on combating corruption crimes by preventive, administrative, and criminal law measures.

The research methods are the methods of comparative legal analysis of various types of legislation and other regulatory legal acts on the problems of combating corruption crimes and other corruption offenses, theoretical analysis of scientific literature on the topic of the study.

The results of the study are the conclusions about the fundamental role of general social prevention in countering corruption crimes and other corruption offenses, which includes a set of measures to develop a healthy socio-psychological environment in society, the economy, improve the quality of life of citizens, anti-corruption psychological and pedagogical education and enlightenment, improving the norms of administrative and criminal legislation aimed at combating corruption.

In the final part of the study, a legislative proposal is formulated to improve the norm-note on the criminal law concept of an official in order to give it greater clarity and conciseness, getting rid of excessive overload with the enumeration of numerous types of organizations, enterprises, institutions, companies in which such a person performs professional functions.