The features of corruption and economic criminal offenses that cause significant harm to the state and society necessitate the development of effective criminal legal remedies to be applied to those who commit them. Such remedies cannot be identical to the remedies applied to the socalled general criminal offenses.The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of individual criminal legal remedies in addressing corruption and economic criminal offenses, and to draw the attention of the scientific community to the need to examine the effectiveness of criminal law regulation in this area.

For this study, a range of corruption and economic offenses has been identified, which include such types of white-collar criminal offenses as corruption-related criminal offenses, criminal offenses against property committed by a person through abuse of official or professional powers granted to them, as well as intentional criminal offenses in the field of economic activity, including medical and pharmaceutical activities.

Analysis of Ukraine’s criminal legislation and its application shows a desire to find effective means of combating corruption and economic crime. Still, it has not yet led to the development of an effective, comprehensive state response to these criminal offenses. The main means are the application to the guilty person of a punishment in the form of imprisonment, from which the person is released chiefly on probation, deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities, as well as a fine, which must be paid within a maximum of one year, and in case of non-payment is replaced by imprisonment.

In German legislation, considerable attention is paid to combating corruption and economic crimes by making them economically unprofitable. For this purpose, fines and the confiscation of assets obtained as a result of committing an offense, as well as the objects and means used to execute it, are applied to an individual; the statute of limitations for such confiscation is 30 years. Sanctions against legal entities are imposed under the administrative offenses legislation, which provides for fines of up to 10 million euros, as well as other restrictions on activities and liquidation.

Based on the research conducted, a conclusion is drawn regarding the need to develop an effective model of criminal law measures to combat corruption and economic crime. In this case, attention should focus on special confiscation, fines, and other restrictive measures applied to legal entities.

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