Trends that lead to the criminalization of illegal formation of a legal entity and priority areas for combating it

This article is devoted to the study of changes that reflect the need to ensure the economic security of the country, which occurred in the Russian society and state by 2011 and served to criminalize a socially dangerous act in the area of illicit formation (creation, reorganization) of a legal entity. To achieve this goal, the authors analyzed the Soviet and Russian legislation from various aspects. Tactical features of detection and investigation of the specified type of crimes are defined.