Types of accomplices to the crime and features of the qualification of acts under the criminal legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria

Abstract

The article discusses the features of the institution of complicity under Bulgarian law. In modern science, the problems of complicity are the subject of detailed and extensive research. However, there is no consensus on a wide range of issues. This thesis is also confirmed by the fact that the main problem in defining complicity is the problem of the dual nature of complicity as the actions of each and as the actions of all together. The procedure and limits of bringing to criminal responsibility both directly the perpetrators of the crime and the accomplices and instigators depend on this, the activity of law enforcement agencies in their fight against crimes committed in complicity depends, contributes to the separation of these crimes from individual crime and, as a result, the establishment of legality.

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that for a long time the dispute about the classification of accomplices in a crime has not ceased and a unified point of view on this issue has not yet been developed. All this gave rise to the emergence of several concepts of classifying accomplices in a crime such as objective, subjective and mixed. However, despite the existence of different approaches, most scientists are inclined to think that it is necessary to classify accomplices by the nature and degree of participation of persons in the commission of a crime. In this regard, it is very useful to study the institution of complicity in the criminal-legal theory of the Republic of Bulgaria. In this article, the problem of complicity is considered through the prism of complex criminal activity, since complicity continues to be one of the most serious problems of crime, including because in most cases the most dangerous crimes are committed by the joint efforts of several persons.