The Content of Blackmail: Theory and Practice

Abstract

The article reveals the characteristic details that make up the content of blackmail as a type of extortion. The author concludes that the current version of the rules on extortion artificially narrows the scope of this provision, which can not but influence the effectiveness of the fight against this type of crime.

Keywords

• уголовное право
• вымогательство
• шантаж
• угроза распространения сведений
• позорящие сведения
• судебная практика
• criminal law
• extortion
• blackmail
• threat of revealing personal data
• defamatory data
• judicial practice