Turning property into state income as a measure of responsibility for corruption offenses in the CIS countries: a comparative legal aspect
Goal. The study of the issues of applying to the state income of property in respect of which no information has been provided about its acquisition with legitimate income, as a measure of civil liability for corruption offenses in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Methodology. The study was conducted using general and special methods: dialectical, comparative law, the method of analysis and others used in the legal sciences. Results. The differences in the legal regulation of the lists of persons obliged to declare their expenses, persons whose income and expenses must be declared, persons from whom property can be seized, lists of property that can be foreclosed on, grounds for applying such a measure of responsibility, the procedure for verifying the fact of excess of expenses over income, bodies authorized to file a claim for applying property to the state income, the type of legal proceedings in which such claims are considered, guarantees for persons from whom property is seized. Conclusions. According to the results of the study, the conclusion is formulated that the legislation of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan regulating the application of anti-corruption measures of a civil, financial nature needs to be improved: it is necessary to clarify the above lists, the procedure for controlling expenses and the grounds for turning property into state income.