Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Their Analogues Using Computer Technology: a Criminal Law Study

• Omelchuk, Oleh ^[3] ; Kopanchuk, Volodymyr ^[3] ; Orlovskyi, Bohdan ^[1] ; Shekhovtsova, Liliia ^[1] ; Yanishevska, Kateryna ^[4] ; Kopanchuk, Olena ^[2]
  1. [1] National University

     National University

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine

     National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine

     Ucrania

     
  3. [3] Criminal Law and Procedure Department, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law
  4. [4] Criminal Legal Disciplines and Legal Proceedings Department, Sumy State University

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• Localización: Estudios de economía aplicada, ISSN 1133-3197, ISSN-e 1697-5731, Vol. 39, Nº Extra 5, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue Innovation in the Economy and Society of the Digital Age)
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  • Modern negative trends in drug-related crime on the Internet, the peculiarities of its existence and reproduction in the global network dictate the need for a further deeper research of the criminological and legal characteristics of the crimes under consideration and the grounds for criminalizing the drug distribution method. The public danger of drug-related crime on the Internet is expressed in the fact that at present the computerization of the population is gaining momentum, computer technology has become a necessity, and the Internet has become public, where a large amount of information about narcotic drugs, the possibilities of their manufacture, acquisition, the sale is concentrated; their unusual properties are described, etc. The authors studied in detail the level, structure and dynamics of drug trafficking, as well as its criminal law regulation and proposed a mechanism for preventive measures. The authors also conducted a study and, based on the responses of 108 respondents, identified the most effective preventive measures.