Salamatov Sh.Zh.
Faculty of Law,
al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Influence of
crimes in the sphere of customs affairs and some problems of their prevention
The functions
of the customs authorities of our country are not only providing the customs of
the state, but also the implementation of legal functions. In general law
enforcement duties are also included in the main areas of customs activities.
Customs unlawful actions taking
place within the framework of the internal functions of the state, namely,
legal, social, economic security, and general economic conditions have a direct
negative impact on the normal functioning of the customs authorities in the field
of foreign economic activity directed against both.
In particular, the following factors will have an
effect:
v A sharp increase in foreign demand for the goods;
v The failure of the base in the intermediate state
between the countries of the CIS customs law;
v Customs in the field of criminal actions against
liability for damage caused by the level of weakness;
v Corruption in government and administrative bodies
and law enforcement, criminal groups controlling bodies rapid development of
communication, including the smuggling of communication;
v Customs criminal investigation in the absence of a
legal mechanism.
Due to the fact that the goods
through customs without a break, the definition of such crimes in a timely
manner can be difficult. It is known that, even in
more developed countries goods which are carried out through customs border in fact only a small percentage of all known on the
clearance. It
is the known fact that quality of goods which is during some time in customs
point worsens. Therefore, non-profit
organizations in order to avoid customs to settle any legal attempts to cross
the horizontal line is true that more and more popular. So today, customs
officials almost every day, trying to get their goods without payment of
customs duty and that it is subjected to strong pressure from the
representatives of commercial structures known. Unfortunately, because of the
crimes committed by high latent in most cases remain unopened. Commodity
carrier, a very large part of the “interest”
of the customs officers smuggled goods “accidentally”
turned enough to come at the right time. The government sees the benefit of
export and import, "Invisible
guys" see. These crimes
can cause damage to the economic interests of the state in the first place,
because, first of all - the goods to be imported and not a fee to the state
budget, and secondly, the country’s economy is very necessary for the export of prohibited
goods (strategic raw materials) have been taken. Depending on the subject and
the object of his contraband optional objects of public safety, government
agencies, and political interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the health of
the population, historical and cultural heritage, is the beginning of a moral
society. Smuggling damage to society can not be considered only as an economic
loss. At the same time, it is a socio-psychological and moral loss
that complicated. So, now, the increase in the number of customs crimes
unreasonable to the development of the classification of various social groups,
and negative, will lead to the emergence of anti-social individual positions.
Kazakhstan customs laws of the development of market relations in the context
of widespread smuggling, which is a higher degree of risk that might be a crime
in society. [1, 412-413
pages].
Or other values and
goods through the customs border of illegal substances in Article 234 of the
Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan to take responsibility is provided
by the Economic smuggling. Things are things that are restricted or taken out
of circulation, the customs border of the Customs Union and (or) Smuggling
across the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan as provided for in
Article 258 of the Penal Code of responsibility is the smuggling of such goods.
Consequently, the current Criminal
Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan goods, currency, valuables or other items,
including intellectual property through the customs border of the things on a
large scale illegal and a criminal offense to economic “smuggling”
and is limited to the circulation of substances or substances from circulation “contraband”
Share considered. [2, 234, 286 articles]
Above in the smuggling of
contraband seized substances or substances that are limited in circulation is
one of the most pressing issues facing the world community.
The customs authorities of the
country in the ongoing fight against drug trafficking and transit of drugs
aimed at holding a significant role in closing the path. Therefore, the state’s
illegal drug-related issue is the national property, because all layers of the
population, including minors involved in the scope of this dangerous
phenomenon.
Today, drugs, psychotropic
substances and precursors of hidden rounds import and export services to
enhance their control over the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan
customs and will need to be strengthened. Because after years of drug
trafficking and abuse of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors
their mass distribution in the country's economy, the state of law and order, social
and psychological situation in the society, and parent fund an increasingly
negative impact on the health of the population.
At the suggestion of some
scientists, illicit drug production and circulation of the first issue of
terrorism, extremism and separatism as the “three dangerous force” is closely
related to the preservation of peace and stability in the reverse one of the
factors influencing the development of mankind. Go to the fight against drug
trafficking and illicit drug trafficking equal treatment of the disease. It is
the nature of people's social, religion, gender and racial borders, its
borders, and that puts even found ways of healing in the near future would dawn
characters. Currently, the drug business is directly related to international
terrorism, because the sources of funds from a wide range of drugs for the
purpose of carrying out terrorist acts, will be used to purchase a wide variety
of weapons. As we can see, the CICA of concern to the international community
within the framework of global diseases, terrorism, extremism, separatism,
illegal migration and drug trafficking, many measures were taken, some
documents and actions have been taken [3].
July 1, 2014, as illustrated
by the customs authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within ninety illegal
circulations of narcotic drugs and psychotropic law enforcement will be carried
out to determine the results of the passage. This is determined by the final:
In the reporting period prevented
21 facts on withdrawal of psychotropic substances and 32 criminal cases on drug
rip of which, according to the article 250 of the Criminal Code -
26, according to article 259 of the Criminal Code-7.
The total number of drug rip - 5
kg. 197 gr., of them 3kg. 27 c. -
heroin, 1 kg. 3 c. - hashish, 117.69 gr.-
marijuana, other drugs - 446.68 gr.
In January and March of this
year staff members of the Committee against smuggling during the course of
carrying out investigative work “Bishkek – Yekaterinburg” on suspicion of drug
smuggling arrested 2 citizen of the
Kyrgyz Republic at Akkol train station in Karaganda. They are born in 1967 and
in 1995, in the course of the audit by using ezofagogastrodwonoscopy they found
in their stomach the medical ball weight of the total weight of 330 grams of
heroin were identified and further containers. On this fact was prosecuted
under Article 250 part 4 and Article 259 Part 3 of the Criminal Code of the
Republic of Kazakhstan.
Of course, it is necessary to
fight against drug trafficking. According to the information, given by media,
many of our past by smuggling drugs across the border in neighboring Russia,
which left the country, we know that the law enforcement officers arrested were
identified. However, customs officers in the country through the territory of
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Russia have a powerful effect of drugs and heroin
should be noted that the channel to be held on a regular basis [4].
The fight against drug
smuggling - a complex multi-faceted program to all over the world. And its
regional departments of the customs authority created a special department to
combat drug trafficking, law enforcement agencies in a joint action plan, dogs
may be considered as the creation of their work is still inefficient.
For example, this year in Astana, joint forum of the Kazakhstan and Russia
prosecutors’ offices of the Russian Federation Deputy Prosecutor General Yuri
Ponomarev said: “Only the results of this year transportation of drugs from
Kazakhstan to Russia doubled. This year, the amount of drugs seized by the Ural
River was 1.5 times higher than last year”, as well as the last time, there is
an increase in the transmission of drugs produced in China. “All Russia and
Kazakhstan requires law enforcement agencies to create a new method of action”,
he spoke. And, according to the Attorney General of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Askhat Daulbayev, unprotected border areas between the two countries are not
only the drug traffickers, are subject to extremist and terrorist groups and
criminal use of said. [5]
Therefore, customs officers, customs and development of modern technical means
of control - the inside of the assistance available metal seekers held in the
method of hiding the drugs started to use a new method to find. As well as lots
of illegal transportation of drugs across the border and to make them more
efficient method of transport in the Republic of practical experience has shown
that the use of dogs. Today, law enforcement special units to combat the drug
trade qualified cynologist specialists and quality should be made to establish
the possibility of ensuring the dog.
Customs should be
given a special emphasis on the subjects in the prevention of crime, crime, be
recognized as one of the custom officers of the parties committing the offenses
Aggravated in the
field of customs offenses in the Criminal Code and to report to the officials
of the responsibility. Flip on the grounds of customs officers using their
position or take a bribe is not part of organized criminal groups, and other
goods across the customs border assistance in the conduct of the large amount
of items, participants in the customs evasion of customs duties and charges may
be brought to criminal responsibility for helping.
By the resolution
¹10 dated July 18, 1997 of the Meeting of the Supreme Court of the Republic of
Kazakhstan on the experience of the law on criminal responsibility for
smuggling using his official position as the official human smuggling -
carrying out the duty of customs and border control services and goods across
the customs border of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other valuable substances
that contribute to and to look at things and say that allow people to cross the
border. Using his official position to do so contraband people who attempt to
influence the official articles of the criminal law does not require additional
differentiation. Using his official position, smuggling and other officials on
a common basis, i.e. set of crimes provided for in the official application of
the provisions of the Criminal Law and Flip reference to criteria specified in
the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of smuggling shall be responsible
for the parts [6].
In the message of
the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the people of Kazakhstan
“Kazakhstan – 2030” address to the nation that the formation of the state as a
professional. However, the modern democratic developments in the field of
public services (made on a competitive basis for civil servants and elected)
government employees, civil servants, including the customs authorities to
establish immunity against corruption. In this regard, in order to strengthen
measures to combat the phenomenon of corruption in the country a number of
legal and organizational measures have been taken. Including, Law “On Civil
Service” dated December 26, 1995, Law “Anti-corruption” dated on 2 July 1998 ¹267-1, corruption is the first
time the concept of national legislation. The second paragraph of Article 6 of
the Law “corruption offenses, to prevent and stop the blame, taking
responsibility for their own competencies of the prosecutor’s office, national
security, law enforcement, tax, customs and border service, carried out by the
tax police and military” it, i.e., by the customs authorities responsible for
the quality of its fight against corruption. Article 3 of this law, the public
services all in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the
corruption of government officials, law enforcement officials in violation of
the law is the subject of the offense defined [7].
Currently,
the total number of crimes associated with the customs corruption, often taking
bribes, abuse of power, abuse of power or official authority, coincide with the
opening of the forgery, that some of the data that makes up more than half of
all registered crimes related to corruption offenses.
Today, the fight
against corruption in the country on a regular basis at the Department of
Customs Control should be considered, depending on the measures. For example,
the city of Astana customs control on the results of an internal investigation
of the department of 80 employees were brought to disciplinary responsibility,
negative attitude to the violation of the duties of the position, and two
employees were dismissed, two criminal cases.
Today, taking
into account the circumstances of the private sector with public sector
corruption crime is a close relationship, can lead to the destruction of the
country’s economic security. Also today, the fight against organized crime and
corruption needs to take into account economic and other factors. Some
scientist’s corruption and economic factors related to the following:
- High rhythm of
inflation as a result of growing economic instability due to the devaluation of
the employee’s salary, as well as an increase in the safety of losing their
jobs;
- Top layer of
people with a source of income to the extent that the appearance of free money
in circulation, and therefore the opportunity to buy them widely available;
- The former
property of the object of arbitration under the supervision of the state
machine intensive because of the ownership of the process of change in the
ownership of a part of light;
- The use of
illegally obtained income economy as the ability to take a large amount of new
revenue [8].
The customs
authorities of the country taken on exchange of information and experience with
their counterparts in other countries. He witnessed all of our customs
authorities on the border with the neighboring states of the customs services
of an agreement on the issue of the fight against corruption, and of course our
special services simplify the anti-corruption action. Because the exchange of
information and mutual consultation, which is related to foreign trade and
balance information and for the state, including the customs authorities of the
abuse and human rights violations is an important method of opening. On the one
hand, to sign a mutual exchange of information, and refused to stop
entrepreneurs from the payment of the budget will allow officials to prevent
violations of the law. As well as the customs authorities of the receipt of
such information in a timely manner, depending on the goods exported and
imported foreign economic relations evaded the payment of which allows the use
of preventive measures entrepreneurs time.
Customs offenses
by the customs authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other official
authority “abuse”, abuse of authority or official powers 361,362 articles of
the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be subject to criminal
liability. So that, customs officers are not allowed to engage in business
activities. Customs Code, the customs official’s addition to his service to the
objectives of teaching work, research or other creative to engage in activities
that are permitted. If they are illegal business activities that it carries out
directly or through a representative involved in the management and control such
actions by themselves to the enterprise, benefits, or privileges, or affects
the other and take care of criminal responsibility in accordance with Article
364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan involved.
This reduces the
scale of corruption in our country today, the need for preventive measures. The
law on corruption related to the implementation of these measures of democracy,
transparency and control over the management of the state is to expand and
strengthen the people's confidence in the country its structures, to promote
access to public service professionals, aimed at creating conditions for the
integrity of the state performing tasks of people.
My suggestion,
that a number of measures to reduce the scale of corruption also consider the
social and material status of civil servants, as well as personnel
classification and certification of the public service and a source of income
if the height, of course, the responsibility for these services is the
representatives of the government debt would increase. Any government
employee's home, place of residence, country, language, patriotism, honesty,
and ethics need to create a sense of consciousness.
Use your powers
of customs crimes, is that the customs officials, for his service as the person
carrying out customs and border control officials must be punished. In the
practice of forensic investigation to analyze the behavior of some of the
difficulties that may arise. Flip a sign of respect for the customs officials
who committed the crime because of criminal responsibility for the crimes
described in other directions.
The customs
authorities of the above definitions of functional activity contribute to the
whole as the subject of the customs-related crimes. Prevention of crime in this
area, in particular custom officers abuse their powers to commit a crime
through the strict enforcement of the criminal law in the case of normal
rotation, it is possible to achieve results.
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