Ensuring national security in the field of drug trafficking using information and telecommunication technologies

Based on scientific sources and practical experience, the article examines the issues of ensuring national security in the field of drug trafficking using IT technologies. The subject of the study is some features of the identification, disclosure and investigation of crimes related to illicit trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances carried out using IT technologies and the Internet. The object of the study is the social relations arising in the process of ensuring national security during the fight against drug crime on the territory of the Russian Federation. The author examines in detail such aspects of the topic as the specifics of the detection and disclosure of crimes committed in the field of drug trafficking, as well as the fixation and seizure of digital traces of crime. Special attention is paid to the use of modern technologies in countering drug trafficking using IT technologies. The main conclusions of the study are: ensuring national security in the field of drug trafficking using IT technologies is impossible without qualified employees of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and providing them with modern technical means of detecting, fixing and removing digital evidentiary information; the need to identify and disseminate positive experience in combating illicit trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic substances; development and implementation of effective methods and algorithms of actions of law enforcement officers in various operational and investigative situations in practical activities to combat drug trafficking; improvement of the regulatory framework governing the organization of national security in the field of trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances.