Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the relationship between international and national rights and the fight against transnational organized crime at sea and is a study of literary sources. Purpose: to reveal the essence of transnational organized maritime crime, the current state as a threat to the world community; explore the current state of transnational organized crime; to analyze the international legal framework, statistics, doctrinal sources in the field of international law of the sea; classify the most characteristic forms of transnational organized crime at sea; specify the gaps in Russian and national legislation. Methodology and research methods: induction, synthesis, method of interpretation of norms and law, allowing to analyze the existing problems, as well as determine the main areas of criminal law counteraction to transnational organized crime and their development, Conclusions: the results of the studies allow us to conclude that there are problematic aspects of the international and domestic level. Scope of the results: this article may be of interest to students of higher educational institutions, graduate students, researchers and teachers of law schools, as well as to all interested parties.