Although the criminal law is not the primary actor of the economic environment, its presence can be seen through provisions that criminalize certain acts. In the present many speak about the existence of Economic or Business Criminal Law. However it is important that we keep in mind the thought that the criminal law should be both in theory and in practice ”ultima ratio”. On the other hand, the offence of disclosure of the economic secret is one of the offences from title VII of Romanian Criminal Code. In short, the legislator criminalizes the act of disclosure certain information and data that are not of public nature. Through this paper we try to point out a few thoughts regarding the elements of the offence, by interpreting and analyzing the legal text from The Criminal Code.

economic offence, economic secret, disclosure, investigation