Economic crime in the new Kazakhstan – a comparative analysis of the criminal legislation of EAEU member states

Issue 55, 2024

Kanat Utarov, Kurmangaly Sarykulov, Akmeir Beisembayeva, Gulmira Meirkulova, Sholpan Sartayeva

Received 11.10.2023, Revised 21.12.2023, Accepted 23.02.2024

https://doi.org/10.54919/physics/55.2024.112gd3

Abstract

Relevance. Economic criminal offences are a factor in slowing a country's development. The number of such crimes is growing rapidly around the world, and the methods of committing them are becoming increasingly sophisticated, which determines the relevance of establishing new methods of countering economic crime and reforming legislation in this area, including in the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to explore the essence, characteristics and features of economic crime, as well as the grounds for criminal liability for economic crimes in the Eurasian Economic Union countries.

Methodology. The methodological basis of the study was dialectical and comparative methods, case study, abstraction, methods of system-structural and logical analysis, methods of registration and ranking, method of generalisation, which allowed to clarify the concepts and characteristics of economic crime; to consider available definitions of economic crime and individual provisions of the regulatory framework of Eurasian Economic Union member states on the regulation of economic crime; to characterise the legal nature of economic crime; to analyse the main scientific and methodological developments in this area.

Results. The types of economic crimes in the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union were compared; to compare types of economic crime in the Eurasian Economic Union member states; to identify current trends in economic crime within the Eurasian Economic Union; to find out the main advantages of each Eurasian Economic Union member state's national legislation to combat economic crime; to classify possible economic crimes; and to determine the number of economic crimes committed and record their rates in each Eurasian Economic Union state; to characterise the specifics of countering economic crime in the Eurasian Economic Union.

Conclusions. The significance of the research results is to provide practical recommendations for improving the legal regulation of relations in the sphere of economic crime, as well as in the process of implementing policies and taking public management decisions in the field of countering economic crime in the Eurasian Economic Union states.

Keywords: economic activity; criminal offences; crime indicators; prevention of economic crime; law

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Utarov K, Sarykulov K, Beisembayeva A, Meirkulova G, Sartayeva S. Economic crime in the new Kazakhstan – a comparative analysis of the criminal legislation of EAEU member states. Sci Herald Uzhhorod Univ Ser Phys. 2024;(55):1123-1133. DOI: 10.54919/physics/55.2024.112gd3

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