جريمة تخريب الثروة الهيدروكربونية

Abstract EN

The Hydrocarbon wealth is one of the most important economic discoveries reached by man in the modern era, it became the first engine of the economies of the modern world, and the main artery of the economy of oil-producing countries, especially the Arab countries, although it is recognized that hydrocarbon wealth is not the only factor in economic development, but it is still The most important resources and economic forces that control the development process in the Arab oil producing countries and to a lesser extent in other Arab countries, and given the specificity of hydrocarbon wealth of the Iraqi state and the Iraqi society as a whole, Iraq is one of the richest oil countries as a result of the large quantities of oil reserves, which has made Iraq a magnet for foreign investment, and the place of international competition for a foothold in this important geostrategic region, which led to increased oil production and almost total dependence on hydrocarbon revenues in annual budgets, As well as the ramification of public oil institutions in the Iraqi state, especially after the fall of the former regime, which imposes special importance for this wealth in the eyes of the Iraqi lawmaker for the purpose of protecting them partly, so it requires to stand on the criminalization and punishmentThe main problem of research has been the question of the adequacy of penal laws to protect hydrocarbon wealth in the light of the complexity of special penal laws, regulations and penal provisions in the Penal Code.

The results of the research showed that there is no integrated criminal law, as in the comparative legislation which regulates the penal protection aspects of hydrocarbon wealth.

It has been shown through the results of the research that there is no integrated criminal law, as is the case in comparative legislation, to regulate aspects of the criminal protection of hydrocarbon wealth.

This was done by studying the material elements of the crime of sabotage in the first demand, while the second demanded the study of the moral elements.

It emerged from the analysis of the main problem posed to the ence of an integrated penal law, as found in the comparative legislation to provide integrated penal protection for hydrocarbon wealth, which reflected negatively on the method of protection and investment of this wealth.