MALAYSIA'S EXPERIENCE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING

Аннотация

Предметом послужил анализ государственной политики по борьбе с наркотиками Малайзии. Рассмотрены основные достижения https://scientific-jl.com/new 11 55 55 Volume–82_Issue-1_August-2025 JOURNAL OF NEW CENTURY INNOVATIONS практического осуществления государственной политики Малайзии, в сфере борьбы с наркопреступностью. Особенности международного сотрудничества в сфере борьбы с наркопреступностью. Ключевые слова. Малайзия, предупреждение преступности, незаконный оборот наркотиков, профилактика, торговля наркотиками, международное сотрудничество, координация. Malaysia is actively used by international drug syndicates as a transit point for the transfer of large quantities of drugs to other countries – Taiwan, China, including Hong Kong and Macau. In this regard, the country has a strict policy to combat the spread and use of drugs. Malaysia is actively used by international drug syndicates as a transit point for the transfer of large quantities of drugs to other countries – Taiwan, China, including Hong Kong and Macau. In this regard, the country has a strict policy to combat the spread and use of drugs [1]. In March 2021, a large batch of captagon tablets containing amphetamine was seized in Malaysia, which were hidden in cargo containers that arrived from the Middle East. The cost of this batch is estimated to be US$ 1.26 billion. In 1975, Malaysia passed a law providing for execution by hanging for drug smuggling and possession. In 1983, the scope of the law was significantly expanded. For the possession of more than 15 grams of heroin or 200 grams of marijuana, as well as for the importation of strong narcotic substances into the country, an exceptional measure of punishment is the death penalty, regardless of the nationality of the offender. As part of the nationwide campaign against drug addiction, the practice of Malaysian students passing a drug use test has been introduced since September 2005. A decision has been made to equip nightclubs and discos in central Malaysia with the latest detection devices capable of detecting drug addicts among visitors to institutions [2]. The method of operation of the detector equipment is based on scanning the retina of the eyes of visitors, in respect of whom there are suspicions of a tendency to drug use. This initiative of the Malaysian authorities has no analogues in Asia. Bioscaners that read information from the retinas of schoolchildren have been installed in many secondary schools in Malaysia to identify drug addicts among students. The bioscanner is able not only to record the fact of drug use, but also to recognize its type. The relevant information is displayed on the screen and can be printed. Schoolchildren who have received a positive conclusion from the device are sent to take urine tests in laboratory conditions. Identified drug addicts are not transferred to https://scientific-jl.com/new 11 55 66 Volume–82_Issue-1_August-2025 JOURNAL OF NEW CENTURY INNOVATIONS representatives of law enforcement agencies, but are sent to special courses for the treatment and rehabilitation of schoolchildren suffering from drug addiction [3]. The authorities of the northwestern Malaysian state of Kedah have introduced and successfully put into practice their own unique system for combating drug trafficking. According to the current customs legislation, any citizen who reports the fact of illegal drug transportation across the border, which has become known to him, receives 50% of the "market" value of the confiscated drugs as compensation. Remuneration also awaits persons who contribute to the suppression of the smuggling of other goods, in particular, those who do not have a quality certificate and are capable of harming the health of their consumers. In this case, the amount of cash payments is lower. The growing number of drug addicts in the country forces the Government to allocate more and more funds both for the prevention and detection of crimes related to drug trafficking, and for the rehabilitation of identified drug addicts. As the most effective preventive measure, one of the anti-drug programs involves assigning the responsibility for monitoring adolescents and young people to village elders who enjoy unquestioning authority in rural areas with a traditional patriarchal way of life. Several elders in each of the districts of the state monitor the behavior of residents from the "risk group", talk to their relatives and inform the authorized persons on combating drug addiction about the suspicions that have arisen. Malaysian legislation, considered one of the toughest in the world in relation to drug couriers, as a rule, does not take into account exculpatory or mitigating circumstances. For example, in early November 2006, a retired military man, the father of 11 children, was sentenced to an exceptional measure of punishment. From January to June 2011, almost 80 thousand people were arrested in Malaysia for various drug-related offenses. Almost 5,700 of th