Organizational and Legal Principles of the Activities of Operational Units in Combating Drug Offenses: International, Criminal and Administrative Aspects
Author(s): Viacheslav Davydenko*, Tetiana Voloshanivska, Vira Halunko, Sergii Bratel, Yurii Svynarenko
Abstract
Aim: The purpose of the article is to reveal the organizational and legal principles of the activities of operational units in combating drug offenses (international, criminal and administrative aspects).
Materials and Methods: Using the method of analysis and systematic study of legal norms, as well as generalization and synthesis, requirements for compliance with legislation on the organizational and legal principles of the activities of operational units in the fight against drug crimes, as well as compliance with the rights and fundamental freedoms of civil servants of operational units in the fight against drug crimes, were determined.
Results: In Ukraine, the effectiveness of the outlined activity is correlated primarily with the effectiveness of the work of specialized entities that combat drug crime. Among them, a key place is given to the operational units of the national police, namely the criminal police. This article analyzes the structural and functional organization of the units of the national police of Ukraine that specialize in combating drug crime and determines their role in the prevention of such crimes. According to the results of the study, the author states that the main entities for preventing criminal offenses related to the illegal circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors, in addition to the units directly involved in combating drug crime, are the criminal investigation and strategic investigation units of the national police of Ukraine.
Conclusion: It has been determined that the preventive activities of the above-mentioned units are a complex of systematic search, operational search, administrative, criminal-procedural and other preventive measures (actions) implemented by the units for combating drug crime of the national police of Ukraine and other units of the criminal police (criminal investigation, strategic investigations). These measures are aimed at specific groups of persons and individuals who have a tendency to commit criminal offenses related to the illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors and/or have criminal intentions to commit them, or have already begun criminal activity. Their goal is to minimize criminogenic factors, adjust the activity. Their goal is to minimize criminogenic factors, adjust the behavior of persons prone to crimes, prevent the commission of offenses at different stages of criminal activity and also reduce the scale of drug addiction in the state.