Countering Crypto Crimes with Criminal Means

A decade of discussion on the need to determine the legal status of cryptocurrencies and the lack of such regulation has eventually resulted in the formation of conflicting judicial practice and the impossibility of the full functioning of the mechanisms of criminal law protection of the rights of citizens when committing crimes against their property. It is also impossible to apply measures of criminal procedural coercion upon corruption crimes commission. The expectation of the adoption or rejection of all kinds of legislative initiatives directly affects the criminal policy of the state, while the criminal and criminal procedural legislation no longer meets modern realities. The Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation plays not the last role in observing the rights and legitimate interests of society and the state. The study formulates the tasks and powers of the prosecutor in the criminal procedure, which will allow the most complete exercise of the available powers when considering criminal cases on crimes related to the circulation of cryptocurrency, as well as a number of legislative initiatives that will optimize the norms of the law and improve the mechanisms for its application.

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