Some aspects of the criminal market for corruption services in the Russian Federation

The article is a comprehensive analysis of the criminal market for corruption services. A definition of this phenomenon has been developed, its reasons for integration into socio-economic relations, the degree of this integration have been analyzed. A structural analysis of the criminal market for corruption services was carried out, it was revealed that this market is very active in highly profitable sectors of the economy, in which there are large financial, economic, human and technological resources. It has been established that the degree of integration of the criminal market for corruption services is directly related to the indicators of crime and is one of the factors of its growth. The criminal market for corruption services significantly reduces the efforts of the state in the implementation of the most important socio-economic programs, making them economically and organizationally ineffective. It has been established that the criminal market for corruption services is most integrated into the forestry, customs and transport sectors, heavy industry and energy, migration and the labor market. Corruption stimulates the commission of such crimes as tax evasion, embezzlement, illegal arms and drug trafficking, human trafficking, etc. In addition, it directly or indirectly affects public safety (the commission of terrorist acts, the transport component), economic competition, and personal security. The most typical corruption services are receiving and giving bribes and other types of illegal remuneration, abuse of office, theft committed with the use of official position. It is noted that in order to organize counteraction to the integration of the criminal market for corruption services into the economy, it is necessary to conduct a clear state policy aimed at reducing the profitability of providing corruption services and using them, as well as increasing the efficiency of legal socio-economic mechanisms.