Teplova D.O. The concept and the forms of fraud in international law

Abstract: The author of the study pays special attention to the fact that the globalization of economic processes and legal interests and the necessity to struggle against criminality in almost all countries lead to the need for a unified interpretation of basic legal terms. The term “fraud” is used in administrative and criminal laws of different states and in international acts, and the problem is that it is interpreted in different ways. Changes in the Russian legislation have also seriously reformed the concept of fraud, causing a large number of scientific discussions. The author emphasizes the theoretical and practical importance of understanding of fraud as a corruption crime. The methodology of the research is composed of a set of general scientific and special methods of cognition on the base of principles of scientific objectivity, systemacy and historicism. The choice of research methods is determined by the object, the subject, the aims and tasks of the research. Such an approach allows the author to reveal the development patterns of international and Russian legislation. The proposed work is the analytical research of international acts on fraud and their comparative analysis. The author comes to the following conclusions: fraud has become one of the most widespread and latent crimes all over the world; in international conventions fraud covers a wide range of fraudulent deeds; fraud is rated among grave crimes which have become a growing international problem requiring the use of modern and effective methods on an international scale. It is worth noticing the understanding of fraud as a corruption crime. 

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