The Corruption as an Obstacle in the Fight Against Drugs

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34739/dsd.2019.02.10

Keywords:

corruption, illicit traffic in narcotic drugs, drug-related corruption, prevention

Abstract

The article provides an insight into drug-related corruption as a social legal phenomenon. The aim of the article is to provide the criminological framework of drug-related corruption by analyzing theoretical and practical problems. The subject of the study is corruption as a negative social phenomenon related to the illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, as well as directions of prevention of this phenomenon. Drug-related corruption is a relatively new criminological concept. Taking into consideration that one of the most difficult problems today is the prevention of crime, analysis of these phenomena is an important subject of research within

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Author Biographies

  • Andrejs Vilks, Riga Stradins University, Faculty of Law

    Dr.iur, professor, Dean of Faculty of Law at Riga Stradins University. Area of interest – legal policy, criminology, deviantology, supervisor of six successfully defended doctoral theses. Author of more than 280 scientific articles.

  • Aldona Kipāne , Riga Stradins University, Faculty of Law

    Dr.iur., lecturer at Riga Stradiņń University. Doctoral Thesis on Criminological Aspects of Sexual Violence. Research interests – legal policy, criminal law, criminology, deviantology. The author of several scientific monographs.

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Published

28.01.2020

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2019): De Securitate et Defensione, O Bezpieczeństwie i Obronności

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Articles

How to Cite

Vilks, A., & Kipāne , A. (2020). The Corruption as an Obstacle in the Fight Against Drugs. De Securitate Et Defensione. Security and Defense Journal, 5(2), 166-180. https://doi.org/10.34739/dsd.2019.02.10