Concepts and features of interaction of the State service of financial monitoring of Ukraine with law enforcement agencies concerning counteraction to legalization of criminal incomes

Abstract

The article is devoted to the formulation of the author’s definition of the concept of interaction of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine with law enforcement agencies to combat money laundering, followed by the definition of the peculiarities of such interaction. The relevance of the proposed article is due to the high level of financial and economic crime, at which the laundering of criminal proceeds causes significant damage to the economy. Accordingly, this state of affairs necessitates the joint efforts of different actors in the fight against this negative phenomenon. It is noted that the category of “interaction” is used in various fields of scientific knowledge, while from the point of view of law this category is most often studied by scientists in the field of criminology, criminal procedure, criminology and operational and investigative activities. Signs of interaction are defined. The interpretation of the financial intelligence unit is considered, as the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine was created as such a unit. The content of the concept of “law enforcement agencies” is revealed by analyzing the legislative and doctrinal definitions, as well as clarifying which tasks-functions certify the law enforcement nature of the activity and allows to refer a body to the category of law enforcement. The author’s vision of the category “law enforcement agencies” is given. The essential signs of legalization of criminal proceeds are singled out. It is established that at the doctrinal level money laundering can be considered in material, procedural, economic and legal aspects. It is concluded that the interaction of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine with law enforcement agencies to combat money laundering means regulated and agreed under a number of conditions the activities of these entities, which are independent of each other, which is carried out using special methods and carried out in specific forms, in order to counteract the granting of lawful possession, use or disposal of proceeds of crime. Peculiarities of interaction in the context of the researched question are singled out.