OBJECT OF CRIMINAL ASSET CIRCULATION: CRIMINAL LEGAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the criminal-legal characteristics of the object of criminal asset circulation. It is established that such asset circulation can be represented in the form of a two-dimensional model. The first dimension represents the circulation of assets of criminal origin. The second is the circulation of assets used for criminally unlawful payment. When an asset does not have a criminal origin, or is not used to finance or materially support other criminal activities, its circulation is not only legal, but also desirable from an economic point of view. In fact, criminal asset circulation is a sub-criminal phenomenon, that is, independent of other criminal offenses committed and identified as possible. Functionally, such circulation is an epiphenomenon of crime, accompanies it and only in the presence of ties with it acquires independent criminal-legal significance. On this basis of the object of criminal circulation of assets, it is proposed to study social relations in the field of criminological security, the normal functioning of which is ensured by a low level of economic attractiveness of committing criminal offenses, minimal possibilities of their financing, and material support.