Objective Signs of Illegal Receipt of Information Constituting a Commercial, Tax or Banking Secret

The article presents the results of a criminal law study of the objective signs of a crime, regulated by part 1 of Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The author's vision of the immediate object of the composition of this crime is proposed, the features of its objective side are revealed. Materials and Methods: along with the universal method of cognition, general scientific and private scientific methods were used, first of all, system-structural analysis, formal-logical. Results: the content of public relations violated by the illegal acquisition of information constituting a commercial, tax or banking secret is substantiated. The criminal law characteristics of the signs of the objective side of the corpus delicti provided for in part 1 of Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are given. Discussion and Conclusions: The author has established that the main direct object of this crime is public relations arising in connection with ensuring the safety of commercial, tax or banking secrets. Relations in the field of free competition are considered as an optional object of crime. Criminal liability under part 1 of Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation occurs for any unlawful receipt of confidential information against the will of its owner and in violation of the law.