Current Problems of System Improvement Combating Organized Crime in Ukraine

Abstract

The article considers the current problems of improving the system of combating organized crime in Ukraine. It is emphasized that the only relevant law on combating organized crime is the Law of Ukraine "On Organizational and Legal Basis of Combating Organized Crime". However, today there are virtually no special units to combat organized crime, which were defined by this law. The purpose of the study is to consider current issues of improving the system of combating organized crime in Ukraine. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were set: to study the problems of improving the system of combating organized crime in Ukraine; propose the main directions of improving the system of legal support for combating organized crime. The nature of the objectives of the study necessitated the use of such methods as dialectical, comparative law, historical law, statistical, system-structural and formal-logical method. It was studied that the most organized groups and criminal organizations are detected by the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine. The tasks of these bodies in combating organized crime are considered. It is noted that the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police should deal with socially dangerous organized groups and criminal organizations, in particular, criminal authorities. It was established that due to the adopted amendments to the legislation aimed at stopping the activities of criminal groups and bringing to justice "thieves in law", the police received additional tools in the fight against organized crime. At the same time, the Security Service of Ukraine does not have specific tasks and functions for combating organized crime. It is emphasized that, given the existing threats to national security, the Security Service must provide counter-intelligence support to combat organized crime. It is substantiated that in order to improve the regulatory and legal support of the system of combating organized crime it is necessary to finalize the Strategy for Combating Organized Crime and adopt a new Law of Ukraine "On Combating Organized Crime"