Vol.4, No 2, 2007 pp. 143 - 152
UDC 343.9.024:336.7
CRIMINAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF MONEY LAUNDERING
IN LAW SYSTEM OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Dragan Jovašević
Faculty of Law, Niš
Within the structure of national, but also of international crime, crimes aimed at damaging the property of natural and legal persons (even states) are prevailing whereas the aim of individuals, groups and whole organizations when committing crimes is illicit property gain. But it is not sufficient, so they try to legalize money or some other property gained in such manner, i.e. by putting them into legal flows and operations. On the other hand the perpetrators of such crimes try in every possible manner to conceal the true origin of money or profit gained in such manner. Some states, and even the whole international community have become aware of the danger of the crimes committed by individuals and groups whose aim is laundering and concealing money and other profit gained by criminal activities. Therefore the international law as well as some national laws include money laundering as a crime which is punishable by sever penalties in order to prevent and repress these socially dangerous activities.
Key words:  criminal offence, money, property gain, concealing the origin, to put into circulation, responsibility, penalty.
KRIVIČNOPRAVNI ASPEKTI PRANJA NOVCA
U PRAVNOM SISTEMU REPUBLIKE SRBIJE
U strukturi nacionalnog, ali i internacionalnog kriminaliteta danas preovladava kriminalitet upravljen na štetu imovine drugih fizičkih i pravnih lica (pa čak i čitavih država) pri čemu pojedinici, grupe i čitave organizacije postupaju u vršenju svoje kriminalne aktivnosti vođeni namerom pribavljanja protivpravne imovinske koristi. No, to nije dovoljno, pa tako pribavljeni novac i druge imovinske koristi ova lica pokušavaju da legalizuju, odnosno da ih stave u legalni promet, opticaj (da im pribave legalni osnov sticanja). S druge strane, učinioci ovakvih kriminalnih dela imaju potrebu da prikriju i pravo poreklo ovakvog novca ili koristi. Stoga su ne samo pojedine države, već i čitava međunarodna zajednica uvidele opasnost od ovakvih kriminalnih delatnosti pojedinaca i grupa koje imaju za cilj pranje i prikrivanje novca i druge imovinske koristi stečene vršenjem krivičnih dela. Tako međunarodno pravo, kao i u pojedina nacionalna zakonodavstva predviđaju krivičnu odgovornost za pranje novca kao krivično delo zaprećeno strogim kaznama čiji je cilj sprečavanje i suzbijanje ovakvih društveno opasnih delatnosti.
Ključne reči: krivično delo, novac, imovina, imovinska korist, prikrivanje porekla, legalni osnov, stavljanje u opticaj, sud, krivica, kazna