CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING: CORRELATION AND DIFFERENTIATION CRITERIA

Abstract

The article analyzes the legal and criminological link between corruption-related crimes and the legalization of proceeds from criminal activity, as well as the criteria for their differentiation. Based on formal-legal, comparative-legal, systemic, substantive, and statistical-dynamic analysis methods, a four-element verification model is proposed, consisting of “predicate act – specific criminal asset – independent legalization action - awareness and purpose.” The empirical part of the study is based on official judicial statistics from 2020–2024. As a limitation of the research, it is openly noted that the source does not have a separate annual series under Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. As a result, proposals were developed for qualification, parallel financial investigation, open statistics, interdepartmental information exchange and asset recovery, as well as their quantitative efficiency criteria.