SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONDITIONALITY OF CRIMINALIZATION OF CERTAIN ACTS COMMITTED IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Abstract

This article deals with the issues of social and legal determinants of criminalization of acts in the field of foreign economic activity.

It is established that the need to introduce criminal liability for acts committed in the field of foreign economic activity was balanced, relevant, and justified. This necessity was an outcome of many years of practice and a response to the challenges of today. After all, the social risks of such acts generate extremely negative consequences for both the national security of the state and society as a whole.

The article examines the main aspects of the social and legal conditionality of criminalization of acts in the field of foreign economic activity. As a result, the author identifies the main elements of such conditionality and the social and economic consequences of such acts.

The author concludes that there is an objective urgent need for a legislative classification of acts committed in the field of foreign economic activity and identifies the types of criminal offenses that, in the author's opinion, are related to foreign economic activity.