Criminal, Legal, Procedural and Forensic Means of Charity Fraud Control

Abstract

• Improving the criminal-legal, criminal-procedural and criminalistic means of countering fraud in the field of charity can significantly reduce the damage caused by the considered type of criminal deception to individuals and legal entities. One of the most important directions of organizing an effective counteraction to fraud in the field of charity is to optimize the criminal-legal and criminal-procedural bases of the prosecution's activities in this category of criminal cases. Further development of international cooperation between law enforcement agencies of different countries is a major help in countering charity fraud. Improving the quality of evidence in criminal cases of fraud in the field of charity is difficult to imagine without analyzing the current judicial and investigative practice and developing proposals based on the analysis carried out to improve the tactical and methodological support for the activities of the subject of investigation. A well-balanced, well-thought-out and properly scientifically justified activity of the legislator in the field of countering the considered type of criminal deception determines a significant reduction in the risks of harming the legitimate interests of both benefactors and persons who are in need, and often very badly, of charitable assistance.