Improving the detective activities of the Russian customs authorities using advanced intelligent software

Introduction: the relevance of the research topic is due to a set of circumstances that directly affect the organization of ensuring Russia's foreign economic security. For the purposes of the study, it is necessary to identify problematic issues in the implementation of detective activities in combating customs crime, as well as to develop proposals to improve countering these criminal encroachments through the introduction of promising intelligent software. Materials and Methods: empirical basis were personal experience of the author's service in the customs authorities of the Russian Federation; dialectical method, logical method, method of system analysis and synthesis, the method of theoretical modeling. Results: in the course of the study, criminological characteristics of common customs crimes are given, as well as the main schemes of their commission, practical features of the use of automated systems and databases by detective units of the customs authorities of the Russian Federation in detection, prevention, suppression and disclosure of these crimes are considered. Discussion and Conclusions: in order to improve the mechanisms of the detective activities in the fight against custom offences, proposals have been put forward for the practical improvement of the fight against smuggling, evasion of customs payments, the commission of illegal financial transactions using promising intelligent software and existing automated systems.