Comprehensive methods for investigating crimes in the illegal trafficking of precious metals and stones

Métodos integrales de investigación de delitos en el tráfico ilegal de piedras y metales preciosos

• Sergey Leonidovich Nikonovich Russian State University of Tourism and Service. Moscow, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3331-9344
• Elena Anatolyevna Kirillova Russian Federation Southwest State University. Chelyabinsk, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7137-901X
• Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bocharov Russian State University of Tourism and Service. Moscow, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7950-6052
• Artur Yashevich Avdalyan Russian State University of Tourism and Service. Moscow, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3089-8662
• Daniyar Vulkairevich Kairgaliev Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Volgograd, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-5436

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4072.45

Keywords: precious metals, precious stones, illegal movement, organized crime, methods for the investigation of specific crimes

Abstract

The objective of the article was to develop theoretical provisions for structuring comprehensive methods of crime investigation and to form, on their basis, effective recommendations for the dissemination and investigation of crimes committed in the field of trafficking in precious metals and stones. The authors present comprehensive methods for investigating crimes in the field of illegal circulation of precious metals and stones. An archival 300 criminal cases were examined, the preliminary investigation of which occurred between 2015 and 2019, and in addition, an online interview was conducted with 220 law enforcement officers fighting such crimes. As a result, comprehensive methods have been developed to investigate these crimes, as well as a system of provisions and scientific recommendations for the dissemination and investigation of thefts, trafficking, violations of the rules for the delivery of precious objects. He was interested in designing a method for declaring, illegal enterprise combined into a single subject of investigation with due attention to criminal and forensic prerequisites, including the following structural elements: a) comprehensive forensic characteristics of such crimes, and b) activities of dissemination and investigation of such crimes using the situational approach in its various stages.

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