Civil Legal Ways to Counter Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds From Crime

This article discusses issues related to civil law methods of legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and methods of countering them using civil law mechanisms. The article gives the concept and classification of civil law methods of combating the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime. The means of a preventive nature that make it difficult or exclude the achievement of the civil law effect of legalization of criminal proceeds, as well as means that neutralize the civil law consequences of laundering proceeds from crime, are considered. In addition, the article discusses the civil legal basis for the seizure of objects constituting income received from criminal activity. The author examined the issues of correlation between civil and criminal legislation in terms of determining the moment when transactions whose purpose is the legalization of criminal proceeds can be recognized as valid. The article examines the mechanism of invalidity of a transaction, as well as issues of recognizing a transaction as invalid and its place in the mechanism of countering the legalization of objects of civil rights. The article discusses the application of measures to compensate for damage in the event of a transaction being declared invalid, as well as issues related to the use of confiscation as part of penalties for invalid transactions.