Preventing the financing of extremist activities: a criminological perspective

Changes in the geopolitical situation and the increased level of extremist crimes are the reason for the close attention of state and public institutions to the problem of reducing the effectiveness of mechanisms for countering the financing of extremism. Quantitative and qualitative aspects characterizing special organized forms of extremist activity at the present stage of society development are characterized by negative trends, which is confirmed by criminological indicators in recent years. The article presents some criminological aspects of countering the financing of extremist activities, in particular - the financing of extremist organizations. It presents a criminological picture of crime associated with the financing of extremist activities, the results of the analysis of law enforcement practice with the identification of the most commonly used methods of financing extremist activities, the system of entities involved in countering the financing of extremism and the main forms of their interaction in order to prevent this criminal activity, as well as predicate offenses.