Crimes in the sphere of illegal circulation of industrial products

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Abstract

This article examines criminal liability for the illegal circulation of industrial products in the Russian Federation.

This article examines the circulation of counterfeit and adulterated goods (industrial products) as the basis for this negative socio-legal phenomenon.

Criminal law provisions pertaining to criminally punishable acts that form the basis of the illegal circulation of industrial products are analyzed. The elements of the corresponding offenses are identified, allowing specific articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to be classified as crimes related to the circulation of counterfeit and adulterated industrial products.

The article also identifies criminal law characteristics that allow specific articles within this group of offenses to be classified as organized crime.

A number of conclusions are drawn regarding the state of protection of public relations from the threat of counterfeit and adulterated goods through criminal law.

Proposals are formulated to improve policy in combating the illegal circulation of industrial products. This work is aimed at legislators and law enforcement officers in the field of criminal justice, as well as undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members of law schools studying criminal law, criminology, and public administration in the field of security.

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Yury G. Vasin

Russian State Social University

Author for correspondence.
Email: vasin65@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6789-880X
SPIN-code: 4905-6858

Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor of the Department of General Jurisprudence

Russian Federation, Moscow

Baysolt B. Khamzatov

International Association "Anti-Counterfeit"

Email: vasin65@mail.ru

general manager

Russian Federation, Moscow

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