Human Trafficking: Qualification and Investigation Issues

The crime under Art. 127.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, it is difficult for a law enforcement officer to qualify this act due to the ambiguity of the interpretation of its constituent objective and subjective signs, as well as due to the lack of a uniform forensic methodology for investigating these actions. These circumstances directly affect the low efficiency of countering these crimes. Based on the analysis of scientific literature and law enforcement practice, the article examines some problematic issues of qualification and investigation of human trafficking, suggests ways of their optimal solution.