CRIMINAL MARKET OF HAZARDOUS PESTICIDES AND AGROCHEMICALS (USING IRKUTSK REGION AS AN EXAMPLE)
The paper describes the results of researching the criminal market of pesticides and agrochemicals harmful for human life and health as well as fruit and vegetables grown with them. The research was conducted in Irkutsk region, it determined and described the market’s characteristics and specific features. The authors found out that the development of the criminal market of hazardous pesticides and agrochemicals as well as agricultural products grown with them is facilitated by the absence of due control, primarily, control over land use on the part of governmental bodies; inefficient state agricultural policy; differences in the agricultural legislation of the Russian Federation and China (this is the country whose citizens are primarily involved in using hazardous pesticides and agrochemicals for growing fruit and vegetables in Russia).