ILLEGAL ARMS TRAFFICKING: CRIMINAL LAW ASPECTS

The development of new technologies brings progress to society and possible threats to the national and military security of the country.

Criminals are increasingly using the results of progress to commit illegal acts. In this regard, special attention should be paid to the study of the issue of arms trafficking.

The trend in this area today is to simplify and reduce the cost of its production processes. One of the technological directions is the manufacture of plastic weapons on 3D printers, practically at home.

At the same time, the number of such weapons can vary from one copy to several hundred units per day. And its types can be represented by firearms, grenades, ammunition, etc.

In turn, domestic criminal legislation, one of the tools for preventing offences, should be ready for such phenomena to protect citizens and the democratic foundations of the rule of law.

In this regard, the author proposes to revise the provisions of certain parts of Articles 287 and 288 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the framework of the article, introducing an appropriate qualifying feature into them.