FOREIGN EXPERIENCE IN COUNTERING THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS TO THE HARM OF THE STATE ECONOMIC INTERESTS

Abstract

The article examines examples of the construction of law enforcement systems in foreign countries, individual principles of their functioning, and taking measures to counter the activities of transnational organized criminal groups to the harm of the state economic interests. It is proposed to use the experience of the USA in terms of control over financial transactions and interagency use of databases. Attention is focused on the experience of Great Britain in the creation of a special body in the field of combating organized crime and active rule-making activity, which is expressed in the adoption of a number of national concepts and programs. Germany's experience in setting up a system of information collection and exchange between law enforcement agencies, a powerful network of special units to combat organized crime, which has a clear coordination and hierarchical structure, is highlighted separately. It is noted that the system of counteracting the activities of transnational organized criminal groups to the harm of the state economic interests in European countries has two construction models depending on the distribution of functions and tasks between state bodies: integrated into the activities of police bodies and concentrated in one law enforcement structure that specializes in all types of economic crimes. It was concluded that foreign experience provides various positive examples, such as: control over financial transactions; unification of databases and providing law enforcement structures with access to them; creation of special bodies to combat organized crime; effective international and interdepartmental exchange of information; horizontal integration through joint investigation teams, interagency investigation centers, secondment of staff and joint staffing. However, the use of such experience in Ukraine requires the involvement of a wide range of specialists, a deep analysis of the norms of the current legislation and a clear forecast of the practical significance and implementation of innovations in the law enforcement system.