ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: STATE AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS

Aim. The article is devoted to the statistical analysis of crimes committed in the form of an organized criminal group and a criminal community in the field of economic activity. Methodology. The analysis was based on the data on the proven facts of complicity in the form of an organized criminal group or criminal community, presented by certain forms of statistical reporting of the GIAC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Results. The article deals with certain problems arising in the process of investigation, disclosure of the facts of committing crimes in the form of an organized criminal group and a criminal community in the field of economic activity. Research implication. The theoretical and practical significance is represented by the following conclusions. The use of official statistical estimates to measure the level of organized crime in economic activity leads to errors in assessing its quantitative perception and use in predictive and preventive activity. Organized crime in the context of a pandemic has acquired a new vector of its development and has made it possible to transform into new types of economic activity.

organized crime, criminal community, sphere of economic activity, pandemic, accounting, assessment, analysis, statistical data, identification, investigation, disclosure, forecasting, prevention of organized crime in the sphere of economic activity

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