Principles of international cooperation in the field of preventing illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors

Abstract

The author raises the problem of international cooperation between states in the field of illegal circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. References are given to the main, signed in different years, conventions concerning this problem. The general principles of combating crime developed by the United Nations are considered. The historical experience of combating crime is analyzed. It is noted that the UN congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders play a special role in preventing and combating transnational organized crime. Analyzed the main international normative legal acts in this area. The mechanisms of adoption and the forms of practical application of these conventions are disclosed, as well as an analysis of the situation in the world with regard to drug trafficking, options for resolving the problem by strengthening the international system of control over drug trafficking are proposed. The article also highlights the current state of international legal cooperation between states in countering the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The characteristic features of the approach to overcoming the current situation in the field of drug use, the use of various methods of countering this negative phenomenon in the process of suppressing illegal actions are analyzed. The necessity of joint use of methods of combating the global problem of all mankind has been identified and substantiated