Antitrust forensics: concept and content

Abstract

Effective investigation of antitrust offenses, including crimes, is an urgent task that requires not only deep scientific justification, but also the development of a set of practical recommendations. Regularities of the mechanism for committing antitrust offenses (including crimes), the occurrence of information about the antitrust offense (crime) and its participants, the collection, research and use of evidence and special means and methods of judicial research and prevention of violations of antitrust laws based on these knowledges at present do not fit into the framework of a private forensic technique.

The article includes the definition of the concept of antitrust forensics. Justified the need of developing an independent branch of forensic science — antitrust forensics, which includes the theoretical part, antitrust forensic techniques, antitrust forensic tactics and antitrust forensic techniques.