Pavlova, Tetiana O.Павлова, Татьяна АлександровнаПавлова, Тетяна Олександрівна2018-06-042018-06-042018Visegrad Journal on Human rightshttps://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16481The process of returning stolen public assets is a complex task that requires clear strategies, based on international and national laws ensuring efficient international cooperation. However, the existing differences in legal systems of different countries, the increasing financial flows, the lack of developed international cooperation, as well as the banking secrecy significantly complicate the process of returning criminally obtained proceeds (assets). Therefore, the study of foreign countries legislation in terms of types and legal nature of forfeiture as a legal mechanism for the return of criminally obtained proceeds (assets), tools (means; of crime, will contribute to the development of a single strategy in this field.encriminal forfeiturenon-conviction based (NCB) asset forfeitureadministrative forfeitureконфіскація в кримінальному порядкуконфіскація поза кримінального провадженняадміністративна конфіскаціяArticle