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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30932/2500-1868-2026-58-2-08

Elena An. Drozdova - Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Moscow, Russia

Valery F. Tsepelev - Doctor of Law, Professor, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Academy of Management of the MIA of Russia, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Abstract. The subjects of the current study were the social relations arising from the implementation of the duties assigned to the entities of transport security enforcement, as well as the criminal law provisions that protect these relations. The purpose of the study was to determine the criminal-political content of the institution of transport security enforcement entities and propose ways to improve the criminal law provisions establishing their liability. The methodological framework comprised of formal legal, system structural, and comparative legal methods, supplemented by criminal political analysis techniques. The novelty is in the comprehensive characterization of the entities enforcing transport security according to the special subject of the crime defined by Article 263.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, while simultaneously assessing the suitability of the current tools for meeting the objectives of the state criminal policy in the transport sector. The study has resulted in the identification of three levels of differentiation of responsibility, such as executive, organizational and administrative, and managerial, as well as the justification for the necessity for legislative consolidation of the characteristics of a special perpetrator of the crime in question and introducing sanctions in accordance with the real social danger of the acts. There has been concluded that the effective criminal and legal enforcement of transport security can only be achieved through the coordinated development of the regulatory framework, law enforcement practices, and organizational and personnel mechanisms within the transport infrastructure entities themselves. These conclusions can be used in rulemaking, in the preparation of a resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the application of Article 263.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and in the educational process when teaching criminal law subjects.

Keywords: transport security; entity of transport security enforcement; criminal policy; special perpetrator of crime; transport security unit; subject of transport infrastructure; act of illegal interference.

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Drozdova Е.А., Tsepelev V.F. Entities of transport security enforcement: criminal legal and criminal political aspects // Transport law and security. 2026; (2(58)):96―106.