Specifics of Evaluation of Legality of Grounds for Initiation of a Criminal Case on Illegal Drug Trafficking by a Prosecutor

Purpose: identifying problems that arise during the implementation of prosecutorial supervision at the stage of initiating criminal proceedings in cases of drug trafficking, and developing proposals for solving them. Research methods: in the research process, both universal and general scientific methods of cognition were used, as well as special legal techniques, including comparative legal methods for studying individual legal institutions in Russia and Tajikistan. Conclusions: 1) Initiation of a criminal case (refusal to initiate a criminal case) based on the results of an operational investigative activity should be the basis for checking the operational accounting case; 2) It is necessary to expand the powers of the prosecutor: a) the prosecutor must be given the right to approve requests to conduct operational investigative activities before the court; b) when carrying out operational investigative activities that are carried out before the initiation of a criminal case in order to identify signs of crimes in the field of drug trafficking, their implementation must be coordinated with the prosecutor's office. Scientific and practical significance: the study can help improve the legal regulation of prosecutorial supervision over criminal procedural and operational investigative activities.