Criminal liability for the smuggling of cultural property under the laws of the states parties of the Eurasian economic union

Purpose: Development of proposals to combat the smuggling of cultural property through the improvement and unification of the criminal laws of the Eurasian Economic Union. Methodology: The methodological basis of scientific works made in the field of criminal law and the legal protection of historical and cultural heritage. The work has been prepared on the basis of analysis of the literature and regulatory sources. We used the methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative law, historical, legal and formal-legal methods. Results: The article deals with the specifics of the criminal liability for smuggling of cultural property. Analysis of the criminal prohibitions set out in the legislation of the States Parties of the Eurasian Economic Union, allowed to formulate proposals to improve the efficiency of state-legal counteraction to illegal trafficking in cultural property, in connection with which the article the necessity of activation of cooperation within international organizations pursuing the task of combating smuggling cultural values. Novelty/originality/value: In connection with the creation of a January 1, 2015 the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC) was necessary to study characteristics of movement of cultural property across the customs border of the inter-state association. In the proposed article deals with the criminalization of smuggling of cultural property, which is set in the legislation of the five countries participating in this association. In this comparison of these problems are considered for the first time.