Kursk, Russian Federation
The article considers objective and subjective signs of Article 1724 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation adopted in July 2023 “Illegal activity for the return of overdue debts”, as well as qualified and specially qualified signs provided for in parts 2, 3 of Article 1724 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Statistical data testifying to the need to criminalize the actions of unscrupulous collectors are presented, criteria are identified that allow distinguishing the considered corpus delicti with a similar administrative offense, some critical remarks were made regarding the absence in the disposition of the norm of indicating the dissemination of reliable defamatory information as a method of committing a crime.
collector, overdue debt, crimes in the field of economic activity
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