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22 Acta U. Danubius Jur. 7 (2026)

handle is hein.journals/actdaj2026 and id is 1 raw text is: Acta Universitatis Danubius Blackmail in Romanian and Moldovan Criminal Law: Comparative Perspective and Contemporary Challenges JURIDICA Tatiana Feodor' Abstract: The article analyses the crime of blackmail from the perspective of substantive criminal law, through the prism of the regulations in force in Romania (art. 207 Criminal Code) and in the Republic of Moldova (art. 189 Criminal Code). The approach aims to: delimit the constitutive elements; identify convergences and divergences in criminal policy and incrimination techniques; reflect the relevant judicial practices (JCCJ/CSJ) and the main doctrinal approaches; proposals for lege ferenda and recommendations for unitary judicial application, including in the context of new forms of blackmail (cyber blackmail, sextortion). The methodology combines normative, jurisprudential and doctrinal analysis with a comparative approach. Keywords: blackmail; art. 207 Criminal Code; art. 189 Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova; non-pecuniary benefit; cyber crime 1. Introduction Like any other social phenomenon, crime is always in motion, increasing or decreasing, depending on the specific circumstances of its occurrence (Pasat, 2016a, pp. 202-215). 1 Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania, Address: 47 Domneasca Street, Galati, Romania, Corresponding author: taniusa.f8@gmail.com Copyright: 2026 by the authors. Open access publication under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY NC) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) AUDJ Vol. 22, No. 1/2026, pp. 7-15 7 ISSN: 1844-8062 JURIDICA