Socially Dangerous Consequences Of Criminal Offenses In The Field Of Public Procurement

Abstract

In the article the author analyzes the national legislation, scientific research and the results of law enforcement activities of law enforcement agencies in the field of public procurement. It has been established that the opacity and inefficiency of mechanisms for controlling the public procurement process leads to the use of corruption schemes to embezzle budget funds, legalize and misappropriate them by unscrupulous officials and, as a consequence, to «shadow» the national economy. In the current conditions of the country’s development, corruption is perhaps the most negative consequence of criminal acts in the field of public procurement. Corruption in the public procurement system, as in any other area, is associated with the exercise of power, distribution or redistribution of material resources or funds, a phenomenon that is not new or even national. Another clear example of the consequences of public procurement crime is the threat of unfair competition. Among the abuses committed by public procurement participants, the greatest degree of security threat is conspiracy of participants. A conspiracy is an agreement between two or more participants in a procurement procedure aimed at setting the price of a competitive bidding offer or a price offer at artificial or non-competitive levels with or without the knowledge of the customer. The main danger of fictitious entrepreneurship is property damage to legal entities and individuals, the state, which, in turn, is expressed in concealing the facts of prohibited activities, illegal conversion of non-cash into cash, creating preconditions for tax evasion and other illegal goals, promoting legalization ( money laundering) of funds obtained by criminal means, etc.