Use of Odor Traces in Combating the Drug Trafficking
Keywords:
odor traces, contactless sale, smuggling, drugs, odorology
Abstract
The possibility of using odor traces during the investigation of crimes in the sphere of drug trafficking is proved. In particular, it is possible to use such traces as a means of identification of individuals involved in contactless drug sales (persons directly laying such items); in certain cases – individuals involved in transborder drug delivery (so called «ownerless cargo») and individuals involving other persons in drug trafficking for a certain fee without informing about real content of such «transfers». It is noted that information about a person can be carried by different material objects: a) solid and liquid particles separated from human body – pieces of cloth, hair, blood, sweat and fat substances and another excretions of human physiological activity; b) items of constant human contact – clothes, footwear, private things; c) objects of temporary contact with human body – things of material environment, surfaces touched directly or indirectly in the process of crime committing, objects of labor and instruments; for example, human odor traces are created by direct contact with syringes or drug package, bags or other objects containing drugs.Downloads
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Published
2017-08-29
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Poliakh, A. 2017. Use of Odor Traces in Combating the Drug Trafficking. Scientific Herald of the National Academy of Internal Affairs. 100, 3 (Aug. 2017), 141-149.
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Combating crimes: theory and practice
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