Corruption Crimes and Housing and Communal Services: a Criminalistic Aspect in the Light of Digitalization

Abstract

Within the framework of this article, the author offers readers a review of some criminalistic aspects related to one of the spheres of economic activity of our state – the sphere of housing and communal services. In recent years, it has undergone a number of changes, which, in turn, cannot but be reflected in the commission of criminal attacks in it. In turn, digital technologies make a significant contribution to the development of the criminal world in this branch of human activity. Thanks to them, corruption crimes are committed (and not only), and thanks to them they are investigated. They introduce a new vector into the development of criminalistic science as a whole, as well as separately into the methodology of investigating corruption crimes, which today have become known as digital corruption. There are a number of changes that have occurred in the field of housing and communal services in connection with digitalization. A brief overview of the ways of committing crimes in this area is offered, possible traces that criminals may leave at the crime scene, etc. are noted. In addition, readers are invited to familiarize themselves with the plots from the materials of criminal cases on this group of crimes, which have their own specific features, which are described by the author in other works.