THE ISSUE OF IMPROVING THE CRIMINAL-LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF A SERIOUS CRIME (IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RUSSIA’S INTERNATIONAL-LEGAL OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO STRUGGLE WITH ORGANIZED CRIME)

Objective: To increase the efficiency of struggle with organized crime by improving the criminal legislation and ensuring the observance of international-legal obligations in this sphere. Methods: The methodological basis of research is the modern doctrine of classical school of jurisprudence and theoretical methods of research: normative-legal analysis, comparative-legal, and systemic-structural methods. Results: Basing on the analysis of international-legal norms and Russian criminal legislation, it is stated that the latter needs improving. The author has revealed the insufficient execution of Russia’s international-legal obligations relating to struggle with organized crime, caused by ambiguous interpretation of of term stipulated in Convention against transnational organized crime when translating them into the Russian language. Scientific novelty: For the first time in the Russian criminal-legal science the terminology problems are marked out relating to interpretation of criminal-legal norms, caused by the objecticve difficulties of language translation; the international-legal term “serious crime” is introduced into science. It is proposed to unify the terminology and improve the criminal-legal construction concerning the institution of crimes categorization. Practical value: The theoretical provisions formulated in the research can be used in scientific, law-making and law-enforcement activity.

organized crime, categories of crimes, serious crime, serious crimes, UNO Convention against transnational organized crime, international-legal obligations

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