title: Illicit drug trafficking in the region of responsibility of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization as an independent type of crime
abstract: Introduction. The article provides criminological characteristics of drug trafficking in the region of responsibility of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (hereinafter referred to as the Organization, the CSTO). This characteristic reflects one of the main criminological problems - constantly growing drug trafficking, the source of which is the territory of Afghanistan. It is indicated that the Organization is an important actor of international law enforcement act
journal: Vestnik of the St Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia