TO THE QUESTION OF THE CRIMINALISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SMUGGING OF STRATEGIC GOODS AND RESOURCES – PRECIOUS METALS AND PRECIOUS STONES Nikonovich Sergey Leonidovich, PhD at law, associate professor. <...> Place of employment: MuniМipКl EНuМКtionКl Institution “InstitutО oП LКа and EconomiМs” (LipОtsk). <...> E-mail: trapezunt@yandex.ru Annotation: The article is devoted to the structure and content of the forensic characteristics of smuggling precious metals and precious stones, which are both quantitative and qualitative indicators of its elements, resulting in ad hoc studies and concluded its importance in solving this type of crime. <...> Krylov I.F. Forensic characterization and its place in the system of forensic science and in high school program // Forensic characterization of crimes. <...> Nikonovich S.L. Forensic characterization of crimes / / Bulletin of Moscow State University of the Russian MIA. 2007, №4 Pp. 117 -118. 3. <...> Nikonovich S.L. Theory and practice of investigation of crimes in the sphere of circulation of precious metals and precious stones: monograph. <...> Статья посвящена структуре и содержанию криминалистической характеристики контрабанды СВТиР - драгоценных металлов и драгоценных камней, в которой даются количественные и качественные показатели ее элементов, полученные в ходе специального исследования, и делается вывод о ее значении в раскрытии данного вида преступлений! <...>