The Concept and Types of Guarantees in the Field of Counteraction to Illegal Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that the approaches to the definition of guarantees available in legal science have different interpretations. In addition, the questions of the concept and essence, as well as types of guarantees in the field of combating drug trafficking, remain unexplored. The object of the study is public relations related to the establishment and normative consolidation of guarantees as a significant element in the field of combating drug trafficking.The purpose of the article is to define the essence of the concept of “guarantees in the field of combating drug trafficking” and to characterize their main types.Material and methods. The material basis for this study was scientific publications in the scientific discipline of administrative law, the subject of which was the administrative and legal means of combating illegal drug trafficking. The following research methods were used: deduction, induction, analysis, synthesis, method of interpretation of law, method of formal legal analysis.Findings and their discussion. The article deals with issues related to the definition of the essence of the concept of “guarantees in the field of combating drug trafficking”. The author proposes a classification of these guarantees depending on various criteria.The results of the study were introduced into the activities of the criminal police of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, as well as the main department for drug control and combating human trafficking of the criminal police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Conclusion. The essence of guarantees in the field of combating drug trafficking is to create conditions for the state to fulfill all obligations established by law in the field of creating and maintaining law and order, non-violation of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by all subjects of this activity, in ensuring the protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals and legal entities from activities related to drug trafficking. Guarantees in the field of combating drug trafficking have their own specific guarantee object, which is a set of social relations that develop in the field of drug trafficking rules, as well as in the field of bringing to justice those guilty of violating established rules.