The legal basis of the rights of victims to compensation for property damage caused by a crime abroad

Compensation of property damage to victims of criminal offenses are currently one of the most important areas of law enforcement activities abroad. It is important to emphasize that, perhaps, the most advanced countries for the protection of victims’ rights are those that have developed in the countries that have not only long-standing legal traditions in this area, but also have serious developments and positive experience. In this regard, the author has set a goal in this article to analyze the legal problems and positive experience of compensation for property damage to victims of criminal offenses abroad. In the process of researching this institute in many foreign countries, the author concludes that in most foreign legal systems it is well developed, while in our country, this issue is given relatively less attention. In domestic legislation, there are a number of individual norms that allow obtaining compensation for criminal damage, but the scope of their application requires further improvement. The positive foreign experience of the institute of victims’ rights is a necessary basis for its development in the modern Russian theory of law. The study of the legal aspects of positive foreign experience in the field under consideration is not only of scientific interest, its results can be used for further improvement of domestic legislation and law enforcement practice.