THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEANS OF COMMITTING CRIMES RELATED TO ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN PRECIOUS METALS AND PRECIOUS STONES AND COMMODITIES CONTAINING PRECIOUS METALS FOR THEIR CRIMINAL AND LEGAL QUALIFICATION

In this article the author thoroughly analyzes the two most significant, in his opinion, elements of criminalistic characteristic of crimes related to illegal trafficking of precious metals and precious stones, commodities containing precious metals – the subject of the crime and ways of committing it. The results of the analysis of ways of committing crimes allow the author to establish the presence in the acts of guilty persons of features that require their separate criminal-legal assessment. Thus, it is established that the illegal circulation of the objects of the offense in question consists not only in their illegal extraction, acquisition, sale, storage, transportation, forwarding, but also in their theft. The author concludes that it is advisable to make an addition to Article 295-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, through which the acts of guilty persons will be qualified with the greatest compliance with their actions.

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