Economic Crime and Some of its Features

Some of the reasons for dealing with this study topic are that today one of the areas with many problems in every society is undoubtedly economic criminality presented in the form of economic crime and organized economic crime. This type of crime represents one of the most serious forms of criminality in society and this form of crime is characteristic especially for countries that are in transition, of which Kosovo is a part. Economic criminality appears in its serious forms, as a form of fraud in the market of circulation of immovable and movable objects, monopolies created in the market, falsification of documentation of goods and services, "money laundering", etc., with very serious consequences serious for the social, economic, psychological and social values of any society, especially those in transition, such as Kosovo. Methods: There was examined the issue of economic crime in Kosovo from a criminological point of view, therefore the methods that have been applied in this paper are methods that are used in criminological sciences, such as: survey-observation method, statistical method, case study method individual as well as national and international evidence on criminality. So, the paper uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, through which was tried to recognize, treat and analyze the occurrence of economic crime by proposing the relevant preventive and repressive measures in order to prevent this criminal occurrence. Results and discussion: The examination of economic crime in Kosovo is of particular importance because such a form of criminality is on the rise, as a result of the ever-increasing circulation of goods and services at the national and international level. Economic crime is increasingly appearing in various forms, either through the occurrence of numerous abuses in the market of goods and services, "money laundering", corruption, fraud and falsification of documentation on the origin of goods, abusive monopolies created in the market, crimes with electronic money and the involvement of financial institutions with special emphasis on banks and micro-financial institutions in these types of abuses, etc. Kosovo is a state attacked with various forms of economic criminality, where the degree of the "dark number" is quite pronounced as a result of the informal economy that exists in this country. Therefore, the strengthening of institutional mechanisms in the field of prevention and combating this type of criminality is more necessary since the measures taken so far are insufficient to reduce this type of economic criminality.   A special role to gain the trust of the public opinion in preventing and fighting this type of criminality is also played by the mass media and non-governmental organizations, which should be created a greater scope of action in order to prevent economic abuses.Research plan: The work in the field of economic crime in Kosovo includes several areas of study interest, such as: economic crime, organized economic crime, criminal legislation of Kosovo in the field of economic crimes.  Therefore, the study of economic crime is of particular importance since only by knowing the forms of presentation of economic crime and the measures for protection from this type of crime, the consequences in society will be significantly smaller, with special emphasis in Kosovo.