Organized crime in the field of illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues as an object of criminological research

The article describes organized crime in the field of illegal trafficking narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues as an object criminological research. It was established that sphere Ukraine is characterized by a hierarchy, strictly and clearly organized, planned system interconnected criminal activity individuals, groups, syndicates, cartels, which carried out with division functions, gives reasons to consider it drug business, connected cultivation, production trade drugs for profit constitutes economic basis existence crime. main features offenses committed groups organizations circulation are: latency business; combination provided Ch. XIII Criminal Code offenses, particular legalization (laundering) proceeds from help financial intermediaries offshore jurisdictions; high level organization formations; persistent focus on creating corrupt connections state authorities law enforcement agencies; transnationality; presence source purchase narcotics.It has been business consists several interrelated stages: production, theft drugs; delivering them place sale; sale these products consumer. peculiarity certain acts (illegal smuggling acquisition) can be both independent components parallel, jointly subsystems activity.