Email this article Specifics of the forensic examinations commissioning in the investigation of crimes related to illicit drug turnover
- Authors: Potapov S.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin
- Issue: Vol 2, No 7 (2018)
- Pages: 94-105
- Section: Процессуальное право
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2587-9340/article/view/366555
- ID: 366555
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Abstract
The relevance of the research is due to the importance of the using by investigators special knowledge in the disclosure and investigation of crimes related to illicit drug turnover. The purpose is to consider the specifics of the appointment of forensic examinations in the investigation of these crimes. Realization of the set tasks is achieved by using the laws of dialectics, formal logic and the application of general and private scientific methods of research. We conclude that the peculiarity of the investigation of crimes related to the illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues is the crime subject establishment, that is, narcotic drugs. It is important to notice that subjects of the following crimes are only those narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances which are in the lists of specific regulatory act but not with specific chemical, pharmacological or medical characteristics. Currently experts know about 500 types of drugs. This fact leads to the fact that identifying the drug type and its characteristics without the participation of a specialist with relevant knowledge in this sphere is virtually impossible. The reliability of the expert's conclusions and the completeness of their research allow the investigation subject not only to correctly carry out the legal qualification of the investigation made at the first stage, but also to choose a strategy for further work in the criminal case.
About the authors
Sergey Aleksandrovich Potapov
Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin
Author for correspondence.
Email: potapov.1995@yandex.ru
Candidate of Jurisprudence, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Procedure Department
Russian Federation, 33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov 392000, Russian FederationReferences
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