ISSN 2519-4216
e-ISSN 2519-4313
UDC 34
Law Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs
- legalization of income; predicate act; acquisition of funds; subject of legalization; latency; organized crime; MONEYVAL; FATF; EAG; financial transactions; counteraction.
- https://doi.org/10.33270/04202002.73
- Pages 73-80
The purpose of the article. Based on the analysis of current legislation, professional literature and taking into account world experience to characterize the general and problematic issues of legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime in Ukraine and suggest ways to solve them to minimize the latency of legalization of criminal proceeds. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study is composed of general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge of socio-legal phenomena and processes. In particular, these are such methods as: historical-legal, dialectical, formal-logical, system-structural, statistical, etc. The scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the publication is that for the first time the status and results of Ukraine’s participation in intergovernmental bodies aimed at developing standards and promoting the effective application of legislative, regulatory and operational measures in the fight against money laundering, as well as official statistics for recent years legalization by law enforcement and general state financial control bodies. In addition, the interpretation of the concept of «legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime» has been further developed. Conclusions. Money laundering is a complex economic and legal phenomenon that has no borders. The use of international experience of state mechanisms to prevent25362 and combat legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime will allow to formulate a set of effective national levers of state regulatory influence to combat this type of crime. It is also necessary to develop a procedure for interaction and coordination of subjects of counteraction to legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, to increase the ability of the financial system of Ukraine, in particular, and public administration in general to resist money laundering.
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