Incentives and constraints in the system of ensuring anti-corruption security (overview of the 7th Siberian Anti-Corruption Forum)

Objective: to review the results of the 7^th Siberian Anti-Corruption Forum “Incentives and Restrictions in the System of Anticorruption Security” held in Krasnoyarsk on December 15-16, 2023 (organizers: Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk Krai Governor’s Administration, Krasnoyarsk Krai Prosecutor’s Office, Krasnoyarsk Krai Department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk Regional Branch of the Russian Lawyers’ Association).

Methods: general scientific method of dialectical cognition, as well as a number of private scientific methods, such as historicallegal, system-structural, comparative-legal, formal-logical (deduction, induction, definition and division of the concept), etc.

Results: the forum discussed the following key topics: anti-corruption security as an integrative scientific category, the role of incentives and restrictions in the system of its provision; history of development, concept, types and system of anti-corruption incentives and restrictions; international legal regulation of incentives and restrictions in the system of anticorruption security; foreign and Russian experience of resource provision of anti-corruption incentives and restrictions; the role of law enforcement agencies and civil society institutions in providing  anti-corruption security; anti-corruption potential of digitalization processes, etc.

Scientific novelty: the leading idea of the Forum scientific and practical dialogue was harmonization of anti-corruption incentives and restrictions, since the search for a successful combination of these tools will create legal prerequisites for a qualitative transition to a new model of anti-corruption activities and ensure the security of individuals, society and the state from various corruption threats.

Practical significance: based on the Forum results, the author formulated proposals aimed at improving the state policy in the field of combating corruption, as well as the anti-corruption activities of various subjects. These results are of interest to scientists, educators, law enforcement officials, and all those interested in the issues of combating corruption.

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