SOME ASPECTS OF PENALIZATION OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENTS FOR CORRUPTION CRIMES OF LEGAL ENTITIES
Keywords:
corruption crimes, penalization, criminal liability of legal entities, punishment, fine, confiscation, restriction of a certain right, compulsory liquidationAbstract
This article is devoted to the analysis of the system of punishment of legal entities for committing corruption-related crimes. The author has reviewed the legislation of foreign countries, as well as the scientific, theoretical and practical foundations for penalization of criminal penalties for corruption crimes of collective subjects, on the basis of which their most optimal types are isolated. In the scientific work, on the example of individual cases from the law enforcement practice of foreign states, the necessity of applying this or that measure is substantiated, and the effectiveness of its impact on legal entities in order to suppress and prevent the criminal activities of these entities and the formation of their lawful behavior is determined. In addition, the article reflects the author’s position regarding the establishment and application of certain types of criminal penalties in terms of social and economic consequences. Based on the results of the research, an integral system of basic and additional types of punishments for legal entities for acts of corruption was systematized and developed, which in the future can be introduced into national criminal legislation or used in the preparation of proposals and recommendations for the implementation of Article 26 of the UN Convention against Corruption.
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