Journal Issue:
The article deals with the concept of contraband, it will touch upon the historical aspect and peculiarities of this institute on railway transport. Dependence of smuggling on the level of the state economic development and ways to combat smuggling is presented. In the conclusion author concludes that: 1) There is a need to create a set of technical means to track interested parties the passage of their goods, their integrity and safety. It is perfectly possible to use the GLONAS system for monitoring; 2) It is required to create such economic conditions, in which the existence of smuggling will simply be unprofitable, in a reasonable combination with law enforcement practice will affect the level of such crimes; 3) To make changes in the Art. 180 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in terms of recognizing the size of major damage from 250 thousand rubles to ten thousand rubles; 4) To give interested persons the right of accessing the system of checking the information contained in customs declarations.
smuggling, smuggling history, responsibilities, practices, problems, Russia, Russian Federation.