Storage, Transportation and Processing as a Form of Illegal Timber Trade (Art. 191.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)

Abstract

For the purposes of in-depth study of a crime under Art. 191.1. of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the article deals with such forms of illicit traffic of wood as its transportation, storage and processing with trading purposes. Based on the existing legislation and judicial practice the author discloses the contents of these acts. For each studied form of the objective part, the author reviews the content, modus operandi, place, time of the end, special purpose of the crime. The author makes conclusions about the actions indicating the presence of features of illegally logged wood storage; equates the understanding of the term "storage" for other crimes, in particular those related to illicit arms trafficking; correlates concepts of "transfer", "transport", and "transportation"; excludes logging and individual floating of illegal wood from the content of the transportation; considers liability options for complicity of the driver of the vehicle; discloses all forms and types of processing of illegal timber; and identifies mandatory features of the final product processing.