Introduction. The article examines the experience of some foreign countries in preventing illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs, as well as illegal sale and shipment of narcotic plants. The most effective measures for preventing crimes of this type, applied in different countries, as well as the phenomena that complicate their prevention, including, in particular, corruption, transnational organized crime, and problems of international cooperation are presented. At present, illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs still remain a global challenge to the system of international security and law enforcement at the national level, which determines the relevance of the topic of the research conducted by the author of the article. The purpose of this study is to study foreign experience in preventing illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs, illegal sale or shipment of narcotic plants, identify positive foreign experience and study the directions of its possible use in legislation and law enforcement practice of law enforcement agencies of Russia to improve the effectiveness of activities to prevent crimes of this type. The objectives of the study were to identify and analyze foreign experience in preventing illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs, as well as illegal sale or shipment of narcotic plants using the example of individual countries. Methods. The study used methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, logical method, methods of generalization and comparison, as well as sociological, analytical and statistical methods. Results. Based on the results of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the study of the features of activities to prevent illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs, illegal sale or shipment of narcotic plants in a number of foreign countries allows us to identify positive experience of such activities and determine the directions of its possible use in Russian law enforcement practice.
Narcotic drugs, illegal drug production, illegal drug trafficking, crime prevention, international cooperation