Corruption in the judicial system: its forms and methods of detection

Corruption as a destructive socio-economic and legal phenomenon has covered the main spheres of state and municipal administration, having a negative impact on the life of the state and society. From the point of view of the criminal process, the system of identifying and prosecuting corrupt officials has given each of the participants certain powers: operational units are involved in identifying and detaining criminals, investigative bodies draw up, analyze information, documents and make procedural decisions, the prosecutor's office oversees operational investigative units and approves the indictment, the court considers the case on the merits, passing a guilty verdict or acquitting persons, suspected of committing a corruption crime. The latency of corruption crimes increases if they are committed by persons endowed with a special status by the current legislation of the Russian Federation (prosecutors, judges). We have summarized possible forms of corruption crimes in the judicial system of the Russian Federation and proposed ways to identify corruption among judges on indirect grounds that are publicly available. At the same time, the issue of the importance of carrying out operational investigative measures against special subjects represented by judges without observing the procedure for granting permission to initiate criminal proceedings by the qualification board of judges remains debatable and open.