In the sphere of tobacco product turnover, administrative cases were initiated at 899 points of sale and criminal cases at 383 points of sale, light industry goods – administrative cases were initiated at 424 points of sale, and criminal cases at 6 points of sale, nicotine–containing products – administrative cases were initiated at 127 points of sale criminal cases at 9 points of sale according to appeals consumers. Such data are provided in the reviews of the state of retail markets of the above-mentioned product categories in the subjects of the Russian Federation for the second quarter of 2024, prepared by ANO NSCC.
Nicotine-containing products showed the highest dynamics in detecting violations of citizens' appeals. In the second quarter of 2024, the authorized bodies suppressed the turnover of vapes 2.8 times more than in the first quarter of 2024 (46 points), and 4.7 times more than in the second quarter of 2023 (27 points). Most of the violations after the citizens' appeals were detected at points of sale in Moscow (45 points) and Amur region (12 points). In addition, according to citizens' statements for the second quarter of 2024, crimes were detected at 9 points (in the Saratov region – at 8 points, in the Volgograd region – at 1 point). No cases were initiated in the first quarter of 2024, and 1 case was initiated in the second quarter of 2023.
The trends of law enforcement on citizens' appeals in the sphere of tobacco products turnover have multidirectional dynamics. In the second quarter of 2024, the authorized bodies detected violations 13% less than in the first quarter of 2024 (1,033 points), and 12.5% less than in the second quarter of 2023 (1,027 points). Most of the violations after the citizens' appeals were detected in the points of sale of the Southern (241 points), Central (200 points) and North Caucasian (185 points) federal districts. At the same time, in the second quarter of 2024, 55.1% more crime points were identified than in the first quarter of 2024 (247 points), and 8.5% more than in the second quarter of 2023 (353 points). The TOP 5 regions of the Russian Federation with the most effective public control, in which the most crimes were detected, included the Kirov Region (35), Vologda Region (33), Krasnodar Territory (31), Irkutsk Region (27), Kursk Region (22).
According to Irina Bushina, Director of the NSCC, in the period from 2021 to the 1st-2nd quarter of 2024, the dynamics of detected administrative violations by citizens is decreasing in relation to tobacco products: in 2021. they accounted for 71% of the total number of detected violations, in 2022 – 44%, in 2023 – 50%, in the 1-2 quarter of 2024 – 48%. At the same time, the dynamics of detected violations by citizens in relation to nicotine-containing products in the 1-2 quarter of 2024 increased to 32% of the total number of detected violations compared to 22% in 2023.
The multidirectional dynamics is recorded in law enforcement practice on appeals from citizens and in the sphere of light industry products turnover. In the second quarter of 2024, based on the results of citizens' appeals, authorized bodies detected administrative offenses at clothing outlets 1.6 times more than in the first quarter of 2024 (258 appeals), and 43.2% more than in the second quarter of 2023 (296 appeals). Most of the violations after the citizens' appeals were detected in the points of sale of the Southern (183 points), Central (56) and Volga (45 points) federal districts. According to the results of the first half of 2024, crimes based on the results of consideration of citizens' appeals were identified at 12 points of sale, which is 3.5 times less than in the first half of 2023 (42).
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