Transformation of Modern Crime: Features of Prevention and Counteraction

The purpose of this study was to study the current situation in geospace, which, among other things, contributed to the activation of criminal elements, as well as the emergence of new types of criminal manifestations that require a timely and commensurate response, both from law enforcement agencies in particular, and from the whole civil society in general. As a result of the Special Military Operation launched on February 24, 2022 on the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics to protect Ukrainian nationalists from aggression, facts of terrorist acts, sabotage, and the dissemination of frank "fake" information about the actions of the armed forces of our state began to be recorded by the collective West as part of the information war on the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, an increasing part of the criminal element goes into cyberspace, both to commit illegal acts in new ways, and to hide their acts. One of the main countermeasures in the prevention and combating of crime is the constant improvement of legislation in this area, both by amending existing regulations and by introducing legal liability for new types of illegal acts.

The objectives of the study are to analyze the current criminogenic situation and to designate, taking into account it, the main goals and objectives in preventing and combating crime, emphasizing the role of international cooperation in this activity, including with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of combating transnational crime and searching for criminals who have fled justice on territories of other states.

Conclusions: we found that in order to effectively prevent and combat crime, it is necessary to fulfill all the goals and objectives outlined in the study, including in the context of transnational cooperation at the level of law enforcement agencies and states