ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS BODIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES RELATED TO ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES

In modern conditions, there is a need to take tough preventive measures to combat illegal armstrafficking, primarily related to strengthening control over its legal circulation within the framework of theactivities of the internal affairs bodies in the prescribed direction. The development of these measures ispossible only on the basis of an in-depth analysis of the range of measures taken by the internal affairs bodiesto prevent illegal arms trafficking, since without fundamental scientific research of this phenomenon, theactivities of law enforcement agencies to combat it are ineffective, which in turn requires special attentionfrom law enforcement officers.The author, analyzing the measures taken by the internal affairs bodies to prevent illegal arms trafficking,as well as foreign experience in this direction, suggests measures to improve the activities of the internalaffairs bodies.