Criminal characteristic of crimes in the sphere of agro-industrial complex and their criminalistic classification

Introduction: the article discusses the issues of determining the system of crimes committed in the agro-industrial complex, taking into account elements of economic relations, economic interests of the subjects of this activity and a set of features on the basis of which it is possible to distinguish the clan groups of such relations. The interdisciplinary structure of the agro-industrial complex generates certain economic relations: production, processing, sale, and others. The characteristics of the relations within each structure form the appropriate prerequisites for the commission of typical types of crimes that require classification and identification of legitimate relations between them. Materials and research methods: research materials were scientists in the field of criminal law and criminalistics, publications, reflected in journal articles on the problems of classification of crimes, as well as informational data posted on electronic resources. As part of writing the article, the following methods were used: scientific generalization, formal logical, comparative legal, and others. Results of the research: the author's definition of crimes of the category under consideration is proposed. The forensic classification of the considered crimes on the basis of selected signs of agro-industrial activity is given. A proposal has been made to classify the group of generic objects of crimes committed in the sphere of the agroindustrial complex as an intergeneric object.