Presents a modern (2017-2022) characteristic of the Russian criminal market of services permitted in civil circulation, but performed without a license or special permission, i.e. in the shadow sphere. The traditional segments of the specified market (household services, financial, cleaning, advertising services, etc.), as well as types of services whose development is associated with the pandemic that occurred during the study period (medical, funeral services) are considered. A comparative analysis of the state of these segments of the studied market at the beginning and end of the study period is carried out. The dominant determinants contributing to the development of various segments are analyzed. Among the main factors determining the identified changes are: restrictions associated with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic; the pandemic itself, which influenced the change of many relationships in public life, including economic ones. The author comes to the conclusion that global digitalization, which undoubtedly influences the mechanisms of provision and payment of the services in question, is not of fundamental importance for the development of the main part of the segments of the criminal market in question, however, there are types of markets that have changed significantly due to the development of Internet technologies (advertising services). The impact of the emergence, receipt and use of cryptocurrencies is analyzed separately. Based on the data obtained, the author’s forecast of the development of the studied market segments for the near future is proposed.

criminal services market, shadow services, pandemic, determination, cryptocurrency

Repetskaya Anna Leonidovna – Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Law Institute, Irkutsk State University (1, К. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation); Head of the Criminological Research Department, Institute of Legal Studies, Baikal State University (11, Lenin st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), RSCI AuthorID: 420418, ORCID: 0000-0002-4796-3969; ResearcherID: Q-5459-2016, e-mail: repetsk@mail.ru

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