The article analyzes the scientific achievements of scientists on the study of certain problems of operational and investigative counteraction to criminal offenses committed in priority sectors of the economy, in particular: agro-industrial complex; housing and communal complex; machine-building complex; transport infrastructure; resort and recreational sphere and tourism; processing industry. The purpose of the article is to analyze the current state of scientific development of problems of operational and investigative counteraction to criminal offenses committed in priority sectors of the economy. The analysis of scientific achievements of scientists at the level of doctoral dissertations testifies to a significant contribution to the formation of areas of operational and investigative counteraction to criminal offenses committed in certain sectors and areas of the economy. However, these studies solve some problems that arise only in some areas of the economy and only partially solve the problems that currently arise in the process of operational and investigative response to criminal offenses committed in priority sectors of the economy. It is established that as of today, no normative legal act defines an exhaustive list of sectors of the economy, which in itself negatively affects the state of organization of counteraction to criminal offenses committed in the sectors of the economy by criminal police units. It is established that to date, research on the problems of operational and investigative counteraction to criminal offenses in the field of economics, committed at the enterprises of the machine-building complex and in the resort and recreational sphere, has not been conducted at all. Research on certain problems of operational and investigative counteraction to criminal offenses committed in other priority sectors of the economy was conducted mainly before the reform of law enforcement agencies.