Topical issues of combating corruption environmental offenses

Abstract

The article is devoted to topical issues of combating environmental offenses. Socially dangerous acts, correlated with corruption offenses in the field of ecology, committed in particular by officials who are endowed with additional responsibilities for the conservation of natural resources, indicate a low level of their environmental culture, legal awareness, and also contribute to a negative assessment in society as a result of their professional activities. The author focuses on the fact that corruption risks arising in the course of committing environmental offenses adversely affect the efficiency of officials in the field of ecology. Often, the commission of an environmental offense stems from the presence of family or other factors, subsequently entailing the legal liability of an official. In addition to the corruption component, there are other problems that may also interact with obtaining material or other benefits while exercising official powers. The purpose of this article is to review environmental offenses in order to identify current problems in the designated area of research. Among the most topical issues related to combating corruption is the failure to provide reliable information about close kinship / property, as a result of which a conflict of interest arises between participants in environmental legal relations. Solving the identified problems will minimize environmental violations.