GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF TECHNICAL AND FORENSIC PROVIDING IN CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
In the present article the author gives a general characteristic of the system of Ongoing Forensic Support system for law-enforcement activity (OFS) existing in customs authorities and the analysis of processes of implementation of technical and criminalistic activity within the specified system is given. Also general provisions of the special document which formalization is intended to create the multilevel system of forensic providing not only law-enforcement activity, but also in the field of realization of functions of customs control are provided in paper. The author points to the relevance of measures to improve the processes under consideration, in view of the organizational and staff changes that have taken place in the customs authorities of Russia over the past few years, which may affect the accuracy of law enforcement in terms of the validity of decisions taken and obtaining substantial evidence in criminal cases on customs cases of violation of customs regulations. The set of measures proposed by the author creates the ground for the subsequent discussion in the branch of law under consideration, as well as the theory of customs.