Criminal Legal Means against Trunk Cross-border Pipelines Theft

Alexander Sergeevich Tumanov

2021

Abstract

One of the acts punishable by criminal law is the theft of energy resources from the pipeline cavity. Pipeline transportation of oil, petroleum products and gas often becomes an object of unlawful encroachment. Unauthorized connections with the subsequent seizure of energy resources located in the pipeline cavity have recently become widespread. Today the embezzlement of hydrocarbons has a transboundary character. The purpose of this study, first of all, is to determine the borders of jurisdiction and the spatial effect of the criminal law of individual states, as well as to study the degree of development and consistency of international acts in the process of counteraction to this negative unlawful phenomenon. The achievement of the considered goals is possible by solving the following tasks: studying the international legal status of pipeline networks running simultaneously on the territory of two or more states, taking into account the criminal legal assessment of socially dangerous acts committed against them; consideration of the principles of operation of the criminal law in space when the analysed type of theft is committed; using the content analysis method to find out the total volume and dynamics of thefts from cross-border pipelines. During the research the logical legal and comparative legal methods were mainly used. On the basis of the received information the author draws a conclusion about the jurisdictional boundaries and the possibility of applying the principles of the operation of the criminal law in relation to certain types of transboundary pipelines and identifies prospects for further research. The significance of the study is manifested in the delimitation of the jurisdiction and powers of the states on whose territory transboundary pipelines pass, in terms of the use of criminal legal means of influencing the perpetrators.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tumanov A. (2021). Criminal Legal Means against Trunk Cross-border Pipelines Theft. In Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA, ISBN 978-989-758-532-6, pages 389-393. DOI: 10.5220/0010644700003152

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closa21,
author={Alexander Sergeevich Tumanov},
title={Criminal Legal Means against Trunk Cross-border Pipelines Theft},
booktitle={Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA,},
year={2021},
pages={389-393},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010644700003152},
isbn={978-989-758-532-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA,
TI - Criminal Legal Means against Trunk Cross-border Pipelines Theft
SN - 978-989-758-532-6
AU - Tumanov A.
PY - 2021
SP - 389
EP - 393
DO - 10.5220/0010644700003152