Feasibility of Applying Transaction of Charges in Economic Crimes

Charges trading can be considered one of the compromise-based methods in criminal cases. This approach, which follows from the Commonwealth legal system, deals with the accused and the prosecution on the subject of the charge, and eventually reaches a certain structure and agreement. This approach has been taken into consideration by legal systems to address issues such as speeding up the process, reducing costs, and preventing further harm. Economic crimes also require a rigorous criminal approach, given the dangerous nature of the behavior, the pervasive consequences at the community level and the characteristics of the perpetrator. What is visible in most legal systems in the world regarding economic crimes is the subject of property restitution. This has made the accusation trade a very important place in the face of economic crimes in countries such as the US, France and Japan. Today, such a facility is not available in the Iranian legal system, but due to the crisis stemming from the slow pace of litigation and the growing volume of economic cases, it seems that processing and measuring its effectiveness against economic crimes can lead to appropriate decision-making in dealing with these crimes. In this study, we seek to address the question of whether the transaction of a criminal charge in the criminal process is a question of whether there is a substantive possibility of using a criminal transaction in economic crimes. And what would be the impact if it was used to deal with economic crime in the country.