The object of the study is the legal relations that arise in the activities of the Security Service of Ukraine on combating corruption and organized crime. The purpose of the study is that the work is one of the first attempts to comprehensively, using modern scientific papers and methods of scientific knowledge to determine the place and features of the Security Service of Ukraine in the system of anti-corruption and organized crime, to reveal the content and features of administrative law its law enforcement activities in these areas. Research methods: general and special-legal, in particular, dialectical, system-structural, comparative-legal, logical-semantic, formal-logical, historical, sociological, statistical methods, modeling method, etc. Theoretical and practical results, novelty: based on the experience of Germany, it is noted that in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of combating corruption and organized crime in Ukraine it is necessary to ensure: first, a high level of control over financial transactions in the country; secondly, high-quality personnel work and effective internal control, especially in the system of law enforcement agencies that combat corruption and organized crime; thirdly, active public involvement in combating corruption, educating the population in the spirit of a sharp rejection of corruption as an extremely dangerous, destructive phenomenon; fourth, active cooperation of law enforcement agencies at the national and local levels on combating crime and corruption; the necessity of making changes and additions to the interdepartmental Regulation "On coordination of law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime and corruption" from 26.04.2012 № 43/375/166/353/284/241/290/236, because since its adoption the subjective composition of anti-corruption entities has changed significantly, in particular, the SAP, DBR and NABU have been formed; the functions of the Security Service of Ukraine as a subject of counteraction to corruption and organized crime are generalized, which are united into three classification groups: criminal-procedural, organizational-supporting, information-analytical. The expediency of their legislative consolidation is substantiated. Degree of implementation: the conclusions and proposals presented in the paper can be used in the research field as a basis for further theoretical and legal research on anti-corruption and organized crime; law-making activity for improvement of the national legislation during preparation and specification of a number of legislative and by-laws on questions of counteraction to corruption and organized crime; law enforcement activities to increase the effectiveness of combating corruption and organized crime. Scope: in the educational process during the preparation of textbooks and manuals in the disciplines "Administrative Law", "Administrative Activities", "Judicial and law enforcement agencies".
