A legal entity as a subject of crimes of money laundering

Ivanov A. V.

The article is devoted to the problems of introducing criminal liability of legal persons for committing crimes for legalization (laundering) of criminal incomes, i.e. provided by Art. 174 (174.1) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the positions and views of scientists on the given problematics, advantages and lacks, international documents and foreign practice are analysed; the substantiation of necessity of introduction of criminal liability of legal persons for laundering is given.

Keywords:legalization, money laundering, criminal liability of legal entities, Convention, Rosfinmonitoring, administrative liability of legal entities, FATF, MONEYVAL.