On forensical characteristics of illegal organizations and conduct of gambling operated through the internet

The article is devoted to the study of the elements of the forensic characteristics of the crime provided for in Art. 171.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation committed via the Internet. When writing the article, the following scientific methods were used: method of analysis, system-structural, empirical. Contents of the study: in the work, based on the analysis of judicial and investigative practice, the authors identify elements of the forensic characteristics of the crime under study, such as information about the identity of the persons organizing and conducting gambling, the identities of the victims, the circumstances of the committed acts, as well as the study of methods of concealment and camouflage activities. In addition, the work examined digital traces reflecting criminal actions in the field of illegal organization and conduct of on-line gambling. As a result, it is stated that the use of information technologies within the framework of methods complicates the mechanism of the crime, which, in turn, determines additional tasks in the process of its investigation.