Combating Legalization (Laundering) of Illegal Proceeds in the PRC: Criminal and Legal Aspect

The relevance of the study is due to the theoretical and real complexity of the actions that make up the "legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime." Globalization, informatization and internationalization of public relations implies the need to go beyond interdisciplinary and domestic research on the topic of criminal law counteraction to the legalization of proceeds from crime.
The purpose of the study is to identify areas for improving the provisions of domestic criminal law science, criminology and law enforcement in the field of combating money laundering based on studying the similar experience of a neighboring state - China.
Objectives: to identify legal sources of criminal law counteraction to money laundering in the PRC; establish the content of the signs of the considered corpus delicti; compare the data obtained with domestic legislative and doctrinal sources; propose measures to improve the theory and practice of combating money laundering in Russia.
Methodology. Dialectical, structural-functional, comparative-legal methods of scientific knowledge, methods of analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction.
Results. The article reflects the results of a comparative analysis of article 191 of the PRC Criminal Code, carried out according to two criteria - a comparison of amendments to the PRC Criminal Code, a comparison of criminal law approaches to combating money laundering developed in Russia and China. The conclusion is made about an evolutionary approach to improving the mechanisms for regulating money laundering in China.
Conclusions. The results obtained may be of applied importance for domestic criminal and criminological science and law enforcement practice.

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