Legal support for improving transparency of the asset recovery and management agency’s activities
Keywords:
administrative offenses related to corruption, ARMA, fight against corruption, openness, transparency.
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to study the legal basis for ARMA and submit the proposals to improve the transparency of this agency. The subject of the study is the activities of ARMA from the standpoint of transparency. Methodology. Methodological tools for the study are selected according to objectives, specifics of the object and subject matter of the research: dialectical method, system and structural method, dogmatic and legal method, comparative and legal method; logical and legal method; method of generalization. Research results. The article analyzes the legal provision of transparency of ARMA’s activities. The problematic issues are identified and the areas for improvement in the legal framework for ARMA’s transparency are suggested. The analysis of current normative and legal regulation of ARMA interaction with other executive bodies is performed. Practical meaning. The author’s definition of transparency of ARMA’s activity is proposed. Value / originality. The ways to improve the transparency of ARMA’s activities in Ukraine are proposed.
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Buiazhdy, H. (2018). History of formation and background of the ARMA. In: Entrepreneurship, Economy and Law, No. 3, pp. 143-147. http://pgp-journal.kiev.ua/archive/2018/3/28.pdf
Bukhanevych, A. (2010). “Ensure the principles of openness and transparency in establishing dialogue between the authorities and the public”. Public administration: improvement and development, No. 3. http://www.dy.nayka.com.ua/?op=1&z=133
Council Decision 2007/845/JHA. Concerning cooperation between Asset Recovery Offices of the Member States in the field of tracing and identification of proceeds from, or other property related to, crime, Official Journal of the European Union L 332/103, 06 December 2007. Recovered from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32007D0845
European Law Enforcement Agency (2016). Does crime still pay? Criminal asset recovery in the EU: Europol Criminal Assets Bureau, O42 Financial Intelligence European Police Office (Europol). https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/criminal_
asset_recovery_in_the_eu_web_version_0.pdf
Kondratenko, V. (2015). The essence of transparency of procedural actions in the administrative proceedings of Ukraine. Comparative and Analytical Law, No. 1, pp. 183 – 186.
Kret, О. (2010). Institualization of State Power Transparency. (PhD Dissertation). Rivne Institute of Slavonic Kiev Slavonic University. Rivne, Ukraine. http://repository.rshu.edu.ua/id/eprint/4624/1/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%
20%D0%9E.%D0%92._%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%
D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82.pdf
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Law of Ukraine No. 2121-III. On Banks and Banking, Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 07 December, 2000. Recovered from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/2121-14.
Law of Ukraine No. 4651-VI. Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 13 April, 2012. Recovered from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/4651-17#Text
Law of Ukraine No. 772-VIII. On the Asset Recovery and Management Agency. About the National Agency of Ukraine for Detection, Search and Management of Assets Obtained from Corruption and Other Crimes, Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 10 November, 2015 Recovered from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/772-19.
Mazurik, S. (2016). Сoncept of information support and classification of information in prosecution activity. Current problems of Jurisprudence, No. 3(7), pp. 30-34. http://dspace.wunu.edu.ua/bitstream/316497/18114/1/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%
B7%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%20%D0%A1..pdf
Order No. 151/262. On the adoption of the Procedure for Cooperation between the ARMA and the State Investigation Bureau of Ukraine, Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 26 April 2021. Recovered from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0642-21#Text
Order No. 418. On the adoption of the Regulation on the Unified State Register of Assets Seized in Criminal Proceedings, Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01 October 2020. Recovered from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1217-20?lang=en#Text
Order No. 115/197-o / 297/586/869/857. On the declaration of the Order of interaction in consideration of the directorates of the organs conducting preliminary investigation, prosecution and execution of investigations of foreign states on detection and search of assets. Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 20 October, 2017. Recovered from http://zakon0.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1342-17.
Popovych, I., Arbeláez-Campillo, D. F., Rojas-Bahamón, M. J., et al. (2021). Time perspective in the professional activity of specialists of economic sphere. Cuestiones Políticas, 39(69), 424-445. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3969.27
Pylaieva, V. (2017). Administrative and Legal Basis of the transparency provision in the activities of the executive power bodies in Ukraine. (PhD Dissertation). V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Kharkiv, Ukraine. http://dspace.univer.kharkov.ua/bitstream/123456789/13439/5/diss-Pylaeva.pdf
Shentov, O., Stoyanov, A., Yordanova, M., eds. (2014). Disposal of confiscated assets in the EU Member States. Law and practices. Center for the Study of Democracy. https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/185046/Disposal-of-confiscated-assets-report.pdf
Tereshchuk, G. (2019). Measurement of transparency over the interagency cooperation (experience of the national agency of Ukraine for finding, tracing and management of assets derived from corruption and other crimes). Legal Opinion, 1(22), pp. 59-63. http://legalposition.umsf.in.ua/archive/2019/1/9.pdf. DOI https://doi.org/10.32836/2521-6473-2019-1-59-63
Tymoshenko, N. (2015). Correlation of the principles of transparency and openness in the activities of local governments: “siamese twins” or a consensual pair?” Collection of scientific works “Efficiency of public administration”, No. 44(1), pp. 125-131. http://www.irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/cgi-bin/irbis_nbuv/cgiirbis_64.exe?I21DBN=LINK&P21DBN=UJRN&Z21ID=&S21REF=10&S21CNR=20&S21STN=1&S21
FMT=ASP_meta&C21COM=S&2_S21P03=FILA=&2_S21STR=efdu_2015_44(1)__17
Published
2022-05-29
How to Cite
Udalova, L., Chubenko, A., Pronin, F., Sokurenko, O., & Kozlova, Y. (2022). Legal support for improving transparency of the asset recovery and management agency’s activities. Amazonia Investiga, 11(52), 55-61. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.52.04.6
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