The impact of economic crime on the sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan

The presented article analyzes the processes of criminalization of the domestic agro-industrial complex (hereinafter referred to as the AIC), as well as its causes and conditions. The authors analyze statistical data on thefts committed and other offenses in the AIC, articles and publications in print media and the Internet. The purpose of the scientific research is to study the process of criminalization of the AIC in Kazakhstan based on the study and analysis of available official data, legal literature and other information. To identify the main causes and conditions contributing to criminal offenses in this area and, on this basis, to propose a number of measures to prevent them. The article was prepared using general and specific methods used in this type of research. All this allowed the authors to give the most objective criminological characteristics both for the republic as a whole and for its individual regions (selectively).

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