Criminal protection for investment in Algerian legislation
Barakat Bahia
Law Department - Faculty of Law and Political Science - University of Ammar Thlegi in Laghouat
Abstract
Economic crimes are defined as those crimes that damage the economic and financial status of the country and adversely affect its development from this side. Where economic crimes are among the most dangerous types of crimes, given their implications and disastrous effects on societies and countries. This is because it is considered to have more impact on the economies of countries compared to known traditional crimes, as well as a major reason for the occurrence of global financial crises if committed by what is known as white collar owners. Financial and economic crimes, or what is meant by crimes on the investment process, are an impediment to attracting capitals and the recovery of investment in any country, and thus hindering the creation of projects and the application of commercial and industrial plans, which is reflected in the negative impact on economic development and financial recovery. , Which necessitated the Algerian legislator in particular and the Arab legislator in general to find mechanisms for protection in the field of money, business and investment to create a safe investment space that attracts internal and foreign capital and dispels the fears of investors. The criminal legislator also aims in the field of combating investment crimes to establish protection for investment activity from attacks resulting from those unlawful acts that threaten or endanger anyone from any. Examples of such attacks are fraud, fraud, bribery, organized crime, smuggling, money laundering, and As well as the crimes of multinational companies .... This intervention will include a presentation of the various mechanisms created by the Algerian legislator in the field of prevention of investment crime and ways of combating it to provide the maximum protection for this vital area, by highlighting the protective side that avoids the occurrence of the attack and the repressive side that includes the various sanctions imposed on the aggressors, whether In general laws, and in particular the penal code or special laws that were created specifically to protect the investment climate in Algeria and to secure it to attract capital and encourage domestic and foreign investment in a policy to advance the national economy and revitalize the wheel of development. We will also review through this intervention the various bodies that have been developed and the most important tasks and powers that have been assigned to them in the field of prevention and control of investment crimes.
Keywords
Economic crime, Criminal protection, Investment crime, The fight against crime, Algerian legislation
