VICTIMS OF RAIDING: NATURE AND TYPES OF DAMAGE

Abstract

The type and amount of damage caused by a criminal offense are circumstances that must be proven in criminal proceedings. Special attention should be paid to them during the investigation of criminal offenses related to raiding because due to their perpetration, property, moral and physical damage may be caused to economic entities, their owners, and sometimes employees. Based on the analysis of the provisions of national and international regulatory legal acts, some aspects of a person acquiring the procedural status of a victim in criminal pro-ceedings have been determined. It is determined which criminal offenses can be attributed to the criminal offenses related to raiding. Depending on the nature of the raiders' actions and the damage caused to the victim(s), the latter are classified into the following groups: 1) as a result of which the business entity suffered property damage; 2) those, as a result of which property and moral damage were caused (the latter, as a rule, will be expressed in monetary terms); 3) criminal offenses in connection with the commission of which property and physical damage were caused to the victim; 4) as a result of which property, physical and moral damage was caused to the victim. It was determined that to prove the type and amount of damage caused to the victim, to find out information about monetary assets or property obtained by criminal illegal means, as well as to secure a civil claim, it is possible to: obtain temporary access to things and documents; conducting forensic examinations; obtaining information from state regis-ters and implementing other procedural measures. Prospects for further theoretical research and scientific development are outlined, which, in particular, should be aimed at developing scientifically based recommendations for improving investigating criminal offenses related to raiding.