Qualification features of criminal offences in sphere of economic activity in Ukraine

Abstract

In the conditions of formation and development of market economy the most important factor of stability in a society is ability of economic system to provide to all citizens of Ukraine a worthy quality of life, possibility of realisation by them of the abilities and creative potential. In order to implement such security, it is necessary to provide adequate legal protection of public relations in the field of economic activity, by timely response to illegal acts and the imposition of proportionate punishment. This is already possible through the implementation of the correct criminal law qualification of economic criminal offences. In many types of criminal offences in the field of economic activity, it is important for their qualification to correctly establish the characteristics of the subject (funds, goods, documents, information, etc.), including its significant, large or particularly large size. These amounts, as well as the amount of damage caused in all types of criminal offences in the sphere of economic activity are determined in the tax-free minimum incomes of citizens. In characterising criminal offences in the sphere of economic activity, one should take into account the tendency of modern economic crime to spread not only in the economy, but also in power and politics, which involves the state apparatus, deepens in the sphere of power and self- government.