ORGANIZED FORMS OF ILLEGAL LOGGING
The article is dedicated to defining the aspects of organized forms of illegal logging. The author defends his opinion that recognition of predomination of organized and corrupted illegal logging is necessary. The author reveals a range of features present in organized crime. Basing on studied criminal cases, the author shows the crime dynamics. The article reveals a stable trend of annual increase of registered crimes provided by the article 260 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (in Irkutsk Region). The author studies aspects of organized crime related to the field and the process of its development. The article provides an analysis of legal regulation related to illegal logging. The author discovers problems that arise on the law-enfocement level relating to crime definition, accompliceship definition, group crimes' investigation. The author gives some recommendations on legislation improvement.