Cash as an object of customs control: security issues

The subject of the study is the administrative and legal characteristics of cash as an object of customs control from the point of view of security. The analysis of the legal regulation of the activities of customs authorities in the field of control of cross-border cash turnover has been carried out. Based on the study of the legal definition of cash and the objects of customs control fixed in the customs legislation, it is concluded that there is a special area of customs control in relation to cross-border cash turnover. The author highlights the trends in the development of this area of control and supervisory activities of customs authorities and defines its place in the security system. Within the framework of the research subject, the relationship between two types of processes is determined: the process of ensuring the freedom of capital movement and the processes of countering the legalization of criminally obtained income and the financing of terrorism. When working on the topic, methods of comparative analysis, classification and systematization, and legal formalization were used. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the author highlights the following features of customs control of cash turnover: its connection with currency control, regulation through international standards and national legislation, and involvement in the security system. It is concluded that there are two opposing trends in the modern regulation of cross-border cash turnover: the consistent development of ensuring the freedom of movement of cash and monetary instruments in the context of the development of economic integration and the simultaneous restriction of the conditions of such turnover for international and national security purposes. The analysis made it possible to conclude that the combination of financial and non-financial components in the considered area of customs control, to consider it as a measure of economic regulation and at the same time a ban due to countering the legalization of proceeds from crime.