Criminological aspects of crime prevention related to the USE of non-cash assets (cryptocurrencies)

Abstract

The XXI century is characterized by the rapid development of modern information technologies, which are becoming more perfect every day and the volume of data processing is growing. Information resources currently consist not only of data but also of funds, namely electronic currencies and non-cash resources that travel from one e-wallet to another.

The purpose of article is identify and investigate criminological aspects of crime prevention related to the use of non-cash assets (cryptocurrency). Highlight your own theoretical vision of the approach to crime prevention using electronic currency.

The use of electronic currencies in the criminal sphere is quite relevant and widespread, as it allows anonymous financing and income from criminal activities, as cryptocurrency is by nature endowed with a certain confidentiality and carries almost no information about its owner. The XXI century is characterized by the rapid development of modern information technologies, which are becoming more perfect every day and the volume of data processing is growing. Information resources currently consist not only of data but also of funds, namely electronic currencies and non-cash resources that travel from one e-wallet to another.

Methods. Information-analytical, formal-legal, comparative and inductive methods were used in writing the research.

Highlight your own theoretical approach to preventing crime related to the use of non-cash assets (cryptocurrency), improve existing methods of preventing this type of crime.

The current restrictions on the part of the state have had a significant impact on the criminal world, especially the drug business, because most transactions in the purchase and sale of drugs and their precursors take place in electronic currency. Of course, the NBU's system of restrictions is not ideal, as it does not regulate the direct creation of cryptocurrency and its transfer to personal crypto-wallets. However, the ban on buying and converting significantly complicates criminal proceedings and for some time almost.