Iillicit drug trafficking: criminology trends and threats to the security of the population

Abstract

The content of this article reflects the danger and criminological trends of illicit drug trafficking, as well as the threats of that phenomenon to the security of states and the population. Thus, it is found that the essential trend of the studied phenomenon is manifested by the existence of an increasing number of crimes related to the illegal circulation of drugs. This trend is characteristic both for the Republic of Moldova and Romania, as well as for other countries of the world. Drug trafficking is not only a real threat to public security, but also a consistent financial lever that facilitates the rise to political power. Therefore, the prevention and combating of illicit drug trafficking represented and still represents at the national and international level a complex social problem, whose ways of manifestation, repercussions and ways of solving must interest both the institutional factors of the states and the public opinion, due to the fact that it is a particularly serious and dangerous phenomenon both for the health of the population and for the economic and social stability, as well as for the good development of the democratic institutions of the states.