Astishina, T.V. On the issue of interrelation between organized crime and market for sexual services in Russia.

Abstract: The article concerns defi nition of crimes against public morality related to prostitution and involvement into prostitution. The author notes organized character of these crimes, their connection to organized crime, proving it with the analysis of the main forms of organized prostitution and the means of involvement of persons into prostitution. Prostitution is a type of activity which is aimed at provision of sexual services and satisfaction of the sexual desires of clients for a remuneration no matter the way of its transfer. The methodological basis for the scientifi c article was formed by the current achievements of the theory of cognition. In the process of studies the author used general philosophical, theoretical and empiric methods (dialectics, systemic method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditional legal methods ( formal logic method), and methods typical for specifi c sociological studies (statistical, expert evaluation, etc.). According to the data provided by the Main Information and Analytical Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in 2013 in the Russian Federation there were committed 279 crimes (496 – 43,8%) under Art. 240 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (involvement into prostitution), 328 crimes solved (421, – 22,1%), 163 persons revealed (160; +1,9%) who have committed such crimes. Under Art. 241 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of prostitution) there were 652 crimes (646; +0,9%), 498 crimes solve d(506, – 1,6%), 707 persons, who have committed these crimes are revealed (687, +2,9%). Also, 9219 administrative offences under Art. 6.11(APPG – 1058, – 12,3%), and Art. 6.12 (APPG – 218, +21,1%) of the Administrative Offences Code are intercepted.

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