Countering Industrial Espionage as a Threat to Economic Security: Criminological Study

The article discusses some problematic issues dealing with industrial espionage as a threat to economic security. Based on a comparative analysis of major statistical data on the state of crime in the sphere of entrepreneurial activity for the period 2020-2021 and judicial practice of 2017-2020 in Russia, the main problems arising in the prevention of crimes under Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Illegal receipt and disclosure of information constituting commercial, tax or banking secrets) are formulated. These problems include the high level of latency of this type of crimes; the use of modern technologies by criminals; the complexity of the investigation; insignificant judicial practice. The article concludes with the author’s proposals for solving the problems under consideration: expanding the powers of law enforcement agencies that control and combat the illegal receipt and disclosure of information constituting commercial, tax or banking secrets; development of forensic techniques; generalization of investigative and judicial practice; holding scientific and practical conferences.