The Concept of Forensic Risk Assessment in an Anti-Corruption Compliance System

Research objective. The article is devoted to disclosure of becoming more and more urgent in modern conditions for the theory and practice of law enforcement agencies and compliance-control units of business structures (security services), issues relating to the concept of "forensic risk assessment" and the use of tools, techniques and methods of criminology for risk assessment in the system of anticorruption compliance. The article pays attention to the fact that assessment of risks in the system of anticorruption compliance is a complex problem for solution of which it is necessary to use means and methods of various sciences, including criminalistics, especially in the process of revealing, investigation and prevention of offences (crimes) and also violations of anticorruption legislation by employees of business structures. Conclusions. Tasks of the forensic assessment of corruption risks are related to the necessity to identify the states of various objects, to reveal the essence, details and mechanisms of any events, phenomena and processes. Criminalistic assessment of corruption risks in the system of anticorruption compliance is the process of identifying the essence, properties, states and other features of the objects, phenomena and processes connected with violation of anticorruption legislation with the purpose of their prediction, detection and prevention.

criminalistics, anti-corruption compliance, prevention and counteraction to corruption offences