Distinction between the crime of creating or leading a criminal organization and related offences Cover Image

Delimitarea infracţiunii de creare sau conducere a unei organizaţii criminale de alte infracţiuni înrudite
Distinction between the crime of creating or leading a criminal organization and related offences

Author(s): Andrei Cazacicov, Cristina Starșova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Academia “Stefan cel Mare” a MAI al Republicii Moldova
Keywords: Criminal group; organized criminal group; criminal organization; paramilitary formation; terrorist group; terrorist organization;

Summary/Abstract: This study is dedicated to the analysis of the distinctions between the crime of creating or leading a criminal organization (Article 284 CC) and the offences of banditry (Article 283 CC), organizingan illegal paramilitary formation (Article 282 CC), mass disturbances (Article 285 CC), actions that disrupt the activity of penitentiaries (Article 286 CC), as well as other forms of criminal organization (organized criminal group, terrorist organization, terrorist group). Highlighting these differences enables a more effective understanding of the essence of the crime of creating or leading a criminal organization. It elucidates the rules for legal qualification in cases of concurrence or conflict of legal norms.

  • Issue Year: 1/2024
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 145-161
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English, Romanian
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