Abstract
This article represents result of the complex research conducted by authors of such social and legal phenomenon as economic crime. At the present stage of development of the world community economic crimes evolve, their new types, commission methods appear. These facts cannot but cause concerns. Due to the tendencies observed in underworld, more and more sharp and actual is the question of effective fight against them that, in turn, is impossible without detailed and comprehensive investigation of the category like ʽeconomic crimeʽ. In this article views of different academic lawyers concerning the issue of reference of specific criminal actions to category of the economic are given. On the basis of researching of these works authors made own conclusions concerning the term ʽeconomic crimeʽ.