DOI: 10.7256/2454-0692.2016.5.17609

Abstract: The article focuses on the problems of transnational organized crime which poses a serious threat to international security and strategic stability. Therefore, international cooperation in preventing it is Russia's foreign policy priority. This article contains the analysis of the provisions of treaties between Russia and South Ossetia "On alliance and integration" and "On mutual assistance in criminal cases", ratified in 2015. Special attention is paid to the issues of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of struggle against organized crime.The main attention is paid to the development of methods and methodologies of preventing various forms of organized crime. Besides, the article provides the theoretic and legal analysis of the concepts of development of the legislation on preventing economic crimes. The paper demonstrates the authors' position on the interpretation and legal regulation of these categories. The research methodology is based on the recent achievements in epistemology. The authors apply general philosophical and theoretical methods (dialectics, the system method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditional methods of jurisprudence (formal logical), and special methods of sociology (statistical, expert evaluation, etc.).The authors conclude that at present, in order to ensure law and order in the economic sphere, it is necessary to improve forms and methods of struggle against organized crime. The authors state the necessity to develop legal regulation of economic security. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the proposals about the development of forms and methods of struggle against organized crime. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0692.2016.3.18898

Abstract: The article focuses on the issues of combating corruption in China. The article notes that corruption is a system threat to the security of many countries, including the People's Republic of China. The article contains the analysis of anti-corruption articles of the Criminal code of China (1997), and the status and dynamics of fighting corruption in this country using legal and administrative means. The importance of this issue is based on the fact that at present corruption causes deep concern. The authors ground the necessity to strengthen all the legal measures of fighting corruption in the implementation of the national anti-corruption plan taking into account the Chinese experience in this sphere. It is proposed to develop anti-corruption legislation, which will contribute to a more effective struggle against this phenomenon and strengthen the preventive function of administrative law.The methodological basis comprises the recent achievements in epistemology. The authors apply general philosophical and theoretical methods (dialectics, the system method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditional legal methods (formal logical), and the methods used in specific sociological studies (statistical, expert evaluation, etc.).The main conclusion of the study runs that at present, in order to ensure legality, it is necessary to improve forms and methods of combating corruption using administrative legal and criminal legal means. The main contribution of the authors is the conclustion about the necessity to develop legal regulation of fighting corruption. The novelty of the article lies in the proposals about the development of forms and methods of fighting corruption based on the experience of China.

DOI: 10.7256/2409-7810.2016.3.18901

Abstract: The article focuses on the legal and institutional order on the Russian-Abkhaz cooperation in the fight against transnational organized crime and corruption. The article notes that organized crime is one of the strategic threats to the national security of Russia. That is why international cooperation in combating it is a foreign policy priority of our country. This article contains an analysis of certain provisions of the Treaty between Russia and Abkhazia "About Alliance and strategic partnership", which was ratified in 2015 and also signed in the same year of the Treaty "On mutual legal assistance in criminal matters". Special attention is paid to the issues of bilateral police cooperation in the fight against organized crime and corruption.The methodological basis for the article was formed by the current achievements of the theory of knowledge. In the process of the study were used General philosophical, theoretical, General philosophical methods (dialectics, systemic method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditionally legal methods (formal logical), and the methods used in specific sociological studies (statistical, expert evaluation, etc.).The main conclusion drawn from the results of the study, is that at the present time, for law enforcement it is necessary to improve forms and methods of combating corruption. The main contribution made by the authors in this article is the necessity of developing international cooperation in the sphere of fighting corruption. The novelty of the article lies in development of proposals for the development of forms and methods of regulation of countering corruption.