CRIMINAL ANALYSIS OF THE OFFENSE – ABUSE IN THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS

Miloš Filić

doi:10.5937/ptp2302138F

Authors

Miloš Filić PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ptp2302138F

Keywords:

privatization, business operations, Privatization Law, the Criminal Code, criminal offense, Republic of Serbia

Abstract

Compatibility with the standards of the European Union in terms of the criminal law regulation of all offenses that disrupt economic flows and values in a country, greatly affects, among the other things, the stability of economy as a basic social activity. The consequences of all individual criminal acts can have a very strong impact on certain aspects of economic relations. Comprehensive criminal regulation does a lot in the field of economic stability. Bearing in mind the topic of this paper, after a brief theoretical overview of the concept of privatization, the paper provides a criminological overview of the causes and forms of criminal behavior in the privatization process, as well as a criminal law analysis of the criminal act of Abuse in the privatization process. Abuse in the privatization process is a criminal offense regulated by the Article 228a of the Criminal Code of Republic of Serbia (2005), and it is classified in the twenty-second chapter entitled “Criminal offenses against economy”. The criminal act of Abuse in the privatization process belongs to criminal acts violating the rules of legal business operations.

Author Biography

Miloš Filić, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, The University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia

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