Resumen de Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Their Analogues Using Computer Technology: a Criminal Law Study
Oleh Omelchuk, Volodymyr Kopanchuk, Bohdan Orlovskyi, Liliia Shekhovtsova, Kateryna Yanishevska, Olena Kopanchuk
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.
