countries is Holland, where the circulation
of certain types of narcotics is legal.
3. Strict control group - USA, Great Britain,
France. Drug trafficking in these countries is
under the control of law enforcement
agencies, however, the harshest measures,
such as life imprisonment or the death
penalty, are not applied. Forced treatment is
often applied to drug addicts instead of
criminal punishment. At the same time, the
state conducts active anti-drug propaganda.
(Pohoretskyi & Chernysh, 2012). Regarding
the specified mechanisms for combating
crimes in the field of drug trafficking for
Ukraine, we consider it unacceptable to
liberalize the policy on combating drug
trafficking and legalizing drug trafficking,
since this policy has shown its inefficiency
in several countries and creates prerequisites
for the commission of other crimes.
At the same time, the process of investigating and
recording the circumstances of the preparation
and commission of illegal drug trafficking with
the help of digital tools makes it impossible for
suspects or witnesses to testify about the
peculiarities of the appearance of drug dealers, as
well as their identification. In addition, the use by
criminals of modern telecommunications and
other technologies, computer and technical
means, and the Internet as a way of committing a
crime requires the investigator, detective, and
operational unit employee not only to possess
high-quality skills in handling computer
equipment and programs but also skills of
searching, identifying, recording and copying
information contained on computers and
smartphones.
Regarding countering crimes in the sphere of
drug trafficking, countermeasures can be divided
into two groups:
1. The interaction with the counter-cybercrime
units and operational-technical units of the
National Police of Ukraine.
2. Using the capabilities of full-time and part-
time undercover employees (Yukhno,
Matyushkova & Korshenko, 2019).
But in the modern conditions of the rapid
development of the drug business, the need to
implement digital methods of combating drug
crime becomes obvious.
It is worth paying attention to the peculiarities of
the international experience of digitalization of
methods of combating crimes in the field of drug
trafficking committed by minors.
For example, several drug crime problems
among minors have emerged in the Netherlands
due to the legalization of drug crime. In
particular, non-medical use of drugs has become
widespread, resulting in 1.3 million offenses
2000 in 2000, which is too high for the 16 million
population of the state. Moreover, it was in the
Netherlands that in 1998 was the highest in
Europe the most dangerous crimes were 26.8 %,
which was reflected not only in the development
of tourism in the country but also led to a
decrease in the economic activity of the state.
Therefore, to solve these problems, the
Netherlands had to take measures to combat drug
crime, including among minors. The main task of
the developed programs was to reduce the level
of demand for drugs among children and young
people following specific local needs. Thus, the
creation of the Youth Policy project was
initiated, which provided an extended day at
school ”(to help teenagers to learn interesting and
useful to organize their leisure); continuation of
school education (to counteract school skills, as
well as encourage teenagers to complete their
studies); warranty plan of employment; it is
planned to carry out free courses for young
people who want to get a job as permanent or
temporary work; A program of "new prospects"
for "problematic" children and young people has
been created.
A separate area of crime prevention in the
Netherlands is to introduce of preventive
programs for persons who have previously
committed crimes. The experience of
implementing the prophylactic program
"approach 600", which was aimed at reducing the
level of street crime and envisaged to identify
and register six hundred of the most dangerous
criminals and drug addicts, with subsequent
individual preventive work with them, is
noteworthy. Also, along with measures to reduce
the level of demand for drugs in the Netherlands,
they actively opposed their supply. It is about
reducing the number of coffee bedding –
varieties of establishments that have permission
to sell hemp and products from it (Striltsiv,
2011).
Therefore, as you see from the above, it is
important not only to digitize the methods of
combating crimes in the field of drug trafficking
but also to implement effective measures to
prevent such crimes.
As for digitalization tools, for example, for
example, the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime for Central America and the Caribbean
with the help of the «Cybercriminality» and