THE LEGAL BASIS OF SECURITIES MARKET: CLASSIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION PROBLEMS
The Securities Market while being a part of the financial market promoting improvement of the well-being of entire population as any other sector of economy is at the greatest risk of crime threats. Suffice it to notice such manifestation of the said threats as raiding which has become a national challenge with the fight against it being included into the National Plan for Countering Corruption. The criminality in the securities market not only poses a threat to economic security of the country but it also represents a threat to its reputation of a reliable partner of foreign customers and other market participants. In addition to causing direct material damage it badly affects investment attractiveness of Russia. Such kind of crime is well organized and the wrongdoers are extremely sophisticated. It causes definite problems for law enforcers in the course of pretrial proceedings. The said situation is further aggravated by the lack of knowledge among enforcers with regard to securities market specifics, by the want for theoretical ideas and recommendations along with sufficient legal framework to facilitate verification of reports of crimes and to conduct criminal investigations. It is a hot topic at the moment since it has not been sufficiently studied and developed by researchers yet, neither has it been in the acts of law. The emphasis is placed on consideration of securities and securities market participants in terms of pretrial activities with regard to such kind of criminal cases. The authors have used methods of structural and systems analysis.