Improving criminal liability for financing terrorism

Terrorism is a complex and multifaceted illegal phenomenon that is actively developing in the modern world. The dynamic transformation of this phenomenon requires constant resource support. In the context of widespread informatization and digitalization, the achievements of modern science and technology, as well as the reorientation of the population to function remotely on the Internet, are actively used to attract the necessary resources for organizing terrorist activities. Despite the fact that the current Russian legislation has long defined the specifics of criminal liability for the financing of terrorism, in practice this illegal behavior is actively improving, which gives rise to problems of its qualification, taking into account the existing criminal law norms. The purpose of the presented study is to analyze the state of the institution of criminal liability for the financing of terrorism and to determine the priority areas for its improvement, taking into account modern realities. The author comes to the conclusion that the current criminal law norms in this area do not take into account the realities of financial and information legal relations, which gives rise not only to impunity of specific individuals, but also contributes to the further spread of terrorist financing. Proposals for independent criminalization of terrorist financing are formulated, qualifying features of this act are defined. Attention is focused on the fact that the improvement of criminal-legal measures to combat terrorist financing is of paramount importance, since the scope of legal consequences for the guilty persons directly depends on the criminalization of this activity, and the possibilities of preventive action are significantly expanded.