PROBLEMS OF QUALIFICATION OF ILLEGAL BANKING ACTIVITIES
In most countries of the world, banking is of great importance, given that the welfare of the state and its international authority largely depends on a strong and developed banking system. This statement is absolutely true for all states, regardless of their level of economic and social development. Despite the rather strict state control over the activities of banks and credit organizations, the facts of illegal banking activities continue to be detected in fairly high volumes. Such behavior receives an appropriate criminal-legal assessment of the state in the form of bringing the perpetrators to criminal liability. At the same time, the establishment of individual qualifying signs of an act provided for by Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is associated with certain difficulties. The problems arising in the field of qualification of illegal banking activities are investigated, ways of their solution are proposed.