The fight against organized crime in Post-soviet Ukraine: regulatory framework, history, results (the 1990s)

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the concept and manifestation of organized crime in Ukraine in the 1990s. The Research Methodology. General scientific and special methods have been applied, in particular owing to the historical legal method, the conceptual basis of “organized crime” has been elucidated, its historiographical characteristics have been presented, legislation has been analysed; applied systemic structural and formal logical methods made it possible to analyse the socio-political prerequisites that influenced emergence and actualization of organized crime during the 1990s, and also identified the peculiarities of organized criminal groups. The Scientific Novelty. Organized crime is one of the most dangerous illegal acts. Understanding the peculiarities of Ukrainian organized crime in a broader theoretical context is important for the development of qualitative criminological science. Therefore, under the conditions of Russia's war against Ukraine, the level of crime is increasing, and therefore a theoretical and practical retrospective study of organized crime during the 1990s is important.

The Conclusions. On the basis of materials systematization of Ukrainian and foreign historiography, a normative and legal framework of Ukraine, a comprehensive description of the process of combating organized crime in the 1990s has been presented. The concept of organized crime, transnational organized crime has been conceptualized. Organized crime and corruption were among the most threatening problems for the Ukrainian statehood in the 1990s. After all, after gaining independence, Ukraine was at the transitional stage of establishing the institutions of a democratic system. It has been determined that the post-Soviet organization in Ukraine is a continuation of the Soviet system, however, the Ukrainian crime is characterized by the primacy of a certain organization in a specific territory. Analyzing the legal acts of the 1990s, we can conclude that the activities of special police units in the fight against organized crime were regulated by a large number of legal acts, but specific law-making activities required a more systematic approach.