Criminological characteristics of financing extremist and terrorist activities (based on empirical research)

The article is devoted to the analysis and generalization of data on the specifics of financing extremist and terrorist activities based on the results of an empirical study. The author gives a general description of this category of crimes, as well as, in order to study this phenomenon in more depth, an analysis of the scale and mechanisms of financing extremist and terrorist activities is carried out, as well as a characteristic of the criminal's personality. In the course of the conducted research, statistical data and materials of criminal cases were collected and analyzed, and a survey (in the form of interviews) of specialists in the field of countering the financing of extremist and terrorist activities was conducted. In the course of the study, such methods as: statistical method, analysis, synthesis, generalization and a systematic approach were used. The conducted research made it possible to determine the minimum latency limit for crimes such as the financing of extremist and terrorist activities, to establish approximate amounts of funds allocated for the purpose of financial support for these crimes, to identify the typology of the personality of criminals, as well as to reveal the most relevant mechanisms for financing extremist and terrorist activities. The author concludes that effective counteraction to the financing of extremist and terrorist activities largely depends on a timely response to emerging threats and its subsequent reflection in the scientific literature. The conducted research has revealed a number of features of these crimes that must be taken into account when organizing activities aimed at countering this category of crimes.