Economic crime is one of the most serious problems in modern society. Crimes in the economic sphere are unlikely to harm the interests of the state, enterprises and citizens.
In legal science, there is no clear definition of the concept of economic crimes, which greatly complicates the work of specialists in this field. At the same time, lawyers are leaning towards the following definition.
An economic crime is causing damage to the economic activities of an enterprise, state or person in order to obtain benefits. In criminal law, the category of economic crimes includes such crimes as official embezzlement, bribes, production of low-quality products, etc.
Employees of economic security agencies base their activities on the following regulatory legal acts: Federal Law No. 3 "On the Police", Federal Law No. 1444 "On Operational Investigative Activities", "Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation". In Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), which includes the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (GUEBiPK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia), is involved in combating economic crimes.
The division was created in 1937. In 2008, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the unit was transferred to the functions of implementing economic security, in particular the fight against corruption and organized crime. As the central body of the GUEBiPK, it manages the activities of the Office for Combating Economic Crimes (UBEP) and the Office for Tax Crimes (UNC), which are regional internal affairs bodies for the implementation of economic security. The tasks of the GUEBiPK are: the formation of a state policy in the field of security of economic activity, the development and development of a regulatory framework in the field of economic security, the suppression of economic and tax crimes.
The structure of the GUEBiPK bodies includes: the Department for Combating Economic Crimes (OBEP). The tasks of the OBEP include: identification of economic threats in Russia and the development of methods for their prevention, suppression of crimes in the tax sphere, and the fight against crimes against state power. The OBEP is also responsible for the prevention of crimes in the tax and economic spheres.
On the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the GUEBiPK carries out its functions through territorial operational units. Earlier in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, tax crime departments were engaged in the fight against tax crimes, but in 2003 the tax police was abolished, and its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The internal organs in the subjects were united, although the old system still remains in some subjects.
