Oleksandr Holovkov

Department of Tactical and Special Training and Personal Security of a Police Officer, Faculty for Training Specialists for Pre-trial Investigation Bodies of the NPU, Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine

Publications

• Research Article   
  Digitalization of Countering Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Substances: Methodological Foundations, Administrative-Law, Criminal-Law and Civil-Law Aspects
  Author(s): Mykhaylo Styranka*, Oksana Zuieva, Valeriia Hnatenko, Oleksandr Holovkov and Stanislav Merdov
  
  Aim: This paper examines, across several branches of law, how Ukraine is moving to digital tools in its fight against the illegal circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors. The authors argue that once the drug trade itself has gone online-with orders placed in messengers, Telegram bots and darknet marketplaces, payment made in virtual assets, and goods handed over through hidden caches or by post-the state can respond effectively only if its own counteraction is digitalized to a comparable degree. Methods: The research rests on a systems approach: The authors treat the response to drug trafficking as a layered structure in which instruments of administrative, criminal and civil law operate together and reinforce one another. Results: Using 2023-2026 figures published by .. Read More»
  

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