Extortion (the article will be devoted tothis topic) is a requirement of a person or organization to perform certain actions under the threat of physical impact on them, the destruction of property or the dissemination of untruthful information that may harm the person to whom this requirement is made. In many states this is a crime of a criminal nature, but each country has its own levels of criminal prosecution and its formulation of an act of antisocial behavior.
Considering the Russian criminalIt should be noted that extortion (article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is punishable by restricting a person's liberty for a maximum of four years (a fine may be issued in the amount of the prisoner's salary) or by compulsory labor for up to four years (this may be limited freedom for up to two years), or by arrest for up to six months.
Also, the article for extortion provides forrestriction of liberty to seven years, with a fine in the amount of a person's wages for the last three years if the criminal act was committed by a group of people who had previously conspired with each other, as well as if there had been violence or extortion on a large scale.
Punishment for the crime of imprisonmentup to fifteen years, at the same time a fine is imposed in the amount of the prisoner's salary for the last five years, is applied in the case of extortion for the purpose of obtaining material assets on a large scale, or when serious harm was caused to a person whose rights were violated.
Also here it is necessary to indicate that extortion(Article 156 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) of unlawful remuneration is the deliberate placement of a person in conditions under which he must transfer illegal remuneration in order to prevent negative consequences.
It should be noted that for individualizationcriminal acts with extortion need to pay attention to two details: the demand, which is accompanied by threats, as well as the transfer of material assets and the performance of fraudulent requirements. For example, in the case of obtaining property in the future, it can be argued that extortion is present here (an article for which provides for deprivation of liberty for up to four years), and if execution of the requirements must be carried out immediately, one must speak of robbery or robbery.
Thus, the correct formula fordefinition of extortion. It consists in that there must be a demand and its instant execution in the event of a threat in the future, while the victim obeys any instructions of the offender, or the threat demand and the order of its execution in the future.
Summarizing, it should be said that the Criminal Code hasarticle (extortion and punishment for it), which fully discloses the issue concerning this criminal act and provides for sanctions for it. It should always be remembered that any crime does not remain unpunishable.
