Scientific Journal of KubSAU

This article is important today because there is not enough attention in the contemporary law publications paid to the typical patterns of crime mechanism especially in the sphere of illegal weapon and ammunition turnover. Taking into account the opinions of such well-known forensic scientists as R.S. Belkin, V.D. Zelensky, G.M. Meretukov, M.V. Golovin, V.A. Obraztsov, J.G. Korukhov, V.Y. Koldin, O.V. Chelysheva, L.Y. Drapkin, V.N. Karagodin and others, the author comes to the conclusion that it’s necessary to develop typical patterns of crime mechanism for certain types of crime. The author has worked out some typical patterns of crime mechanism in the sphere of illegal weapon and ammunition turnover based upon major informative criminalistic elements, this particular article describes seven typical patterns of crime mechanism for the illegal storage, transportation, transfer, carry, purchase and sale, manufacture, repair or alteration, theft or extortion, careless storage or improper performance of duties on protection of weapon, its basic parts and ammunition. Each pattern is accompanied with the examples of judicial and investigative practice, followed by the necessary explanations and analysis of the activities of the subject of the investigation on the preparation, followup and final stages, which leads to the conclusion about the legitimacy of the proposed patterns

Taking into account the opinions of famous scientists like I.M.Gudkin, О.Y. Baev, V.M.Meshkov and V.V. Vainov and existing forensic practice, the authors con-sidered the organizational tactical and methodical aspects of a person's detention for illegal arms traffic. The content of the article has the scientific novelty, the theoretical and practical significance

In this scientific article the author considers some as-pects of a preliminary check of messages about non-legal traffic of weapons, ammunition. The author identifies the key circumstances establishment, the procedure for their identification in order to obtain basis for criminal proceedings