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29.08.2019. -
Legal persons and authorized persons – commercial offence perpetrators, 2018


In 2018, for the perpetrators of economic violations, the number of reported legal entities increased by 48% and responsible persons increased by 52%, compared with 2017, while the number of convicted legal entities and convicted responsible persons in legal entities went up by 18% among legal entities and by 20 % among responsible persons.

The way in which the proceedings for perpetrators of economic violations were terminated was within the expected limits: in 97.9% cases a charge motion was filed and there were 2.1% dismissed reports for reported legal entities. The situation is similar to that among responsible persons: in 97,5% cases a charge motion was filed, and there were 2,5 % dismissed reports.

In the structure of the types of economic violations in 2018 the most numerous reports for economic violations were due to the breach of regulations concerning accounting, amounting to 96% in legal entities and to 96.2% among responsible persons in legal entities.

In the same year, observed by types of economic violations, the largest number of convictions was registered for the breach of regulations concerning accounting (95.9%) in legal entities and regarding responsible persons, it amounted to 95.7%.