scholarly journals TYPICAL INVESTIGATORY SITUATIONS AND TACTICAL TASKS WHEN INQUIRING INTO THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ON FINANCIAL RESOURCES FRAUD

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-139
Author(s):  
P. O. Hryhorovych

The article proposes the tactics of actions of the investigator (head of the investigative unit) of the bodies, which exercise control over the observance of tax legislation, based on the nature of the known circumstances about the criminal offense and persons involved in its commission. The following investigative situations were distinguished by the results of consideration of allegations and reports of criminal offenses: signs of a crime were found to be the basis for entering information in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations and the commencement of pre-trial investigation; no crime was detected, why to carry out verification measures in view of Part 1 of Art. 214 of the CPC of Ukraine and in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Operational Investigation Activities”; the fact of committing a criminal offense is not confirmed by the materials of the audit (with the conclusion drawn). It is emphasized that the source of information about the identity of the offender can be considered the search for witnesses, forensic investigation of documents that fixed the registration of the movement of funds from the moment of their unlawful withdrawal from the bank account before carrying out operations on their legalization (laundering). It has been determined that the development of forensic methods of investigation of fraud with financial resources are dominant tactical tasks, while others are subordinate. The analysis of investigative practice shows that cognitive tactical tasks of investigation differ from each other not only in content but also in degree of complexity and, accordingly, by means of solution. It is concluded that the complex application of procedural, operational, search and organizational measures to solve the tactical tasks of the initial stage of investigation of fraud with financial resources are not exhaustive, since it is impossible to formulate universal investigation schemes applicable in any case, how it is impossible to predict the actions of criminals in advance. Therefore, each specific situation of investigation requires the investigator, first of all, creative activity within the framework of criminal procedural regulation on the basis of the generalized practices in science, theoretical provisions and methodological recommendations.

Author(s):  
Anastasiya Senko

. The article deals with some aspects of investigating theft of citizens' luggage at the airport. The features of forensic characteristics for faster investigation of the investigated category of criminal offenses are considered. The author emphasizes that the creation of a stable system is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of any activity. The process of pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses is not an exception. An important element of the methodology of investigation of a particular criminal offense is its forensic characteristics. This element allows law enforcement officials to build versions and determine the direction of criminal proceedings at its initial stage. At the same time, when investigating theft of citizens' luggage at the airport, the initial stage is in many cases crucial. It provides an opportunity to gather sufficient evidence that will be lost over time without being able to recover it. Therefore, the issue of research and development of the cur-rent forensic characteristics of the offense is important for the investigation as a whole. It is also noted that the forensic characteristics of the citizens' luggage theft committed at the airport is a system of generalized evidence of the studied materials of the forensic practice, which reflect the connection and correlation of individual forensically significant elements that can be used in the pre-trial investigation of a specific criminal offense. The system of the designated category consists of the following elements: method of preparation, commission and concealment of a criminal offense; the subject of the assault; the situation of committing a criminal offense; a trace picture; the person of the offender; the identity of the victim.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
V. O. Gusieva

The author has substantiated the need to establish the circumstances to be clarified and has determined their significance during the investigation. It has been emphasized that the circumstances to be clarified include the circumstances to be proved in criminal proceedings, criminal and forensic characteristics of a criminal offense. In order to determine the circumstances to be clarified during the investigation of interference in the activities of a law enforcement officer, the author has studied the circumstances to be clarified within the group of criminal offenses related to obstruction of the activities of a law enforcement officer, as well as during the investigation of interference in the activities of a forensic expert. Taking into account the specified scientific provisions, the author has defined a detailed list of circumstances to be clarified during the investigation of interference in the activities of a law enforcement officer. It has been established that the circumstances to be clarified during the interference in the activities of a law enforcement officer include: 1) circumstances related to the criminal offense, namely: time, place, situation and traces of a criminal offense, methods of its commission (preparation, direct commission and concealment), tools and means used during the interference, the scope of procedural costs; circumstances that are the basis for ceasing criminal proceedings; the reasons and conditions that contributed to the commission of a criminal offense; 2) circumstances related to the identity of the victim, including: socio-demographic characteristics of the victim, place of work, position held; official and functional responsibilities, the victim’s belonging to a law enforcement agency during the commission of a criminal offense against him; the type and scope of damage caused to the victim; 3) circumstances related to the identity of the offender, namely: socio-demographic data of the offender, physiological and psychological condition, gender, citizenship, financial status, place of work, the record of criminal conviction and the facts of bringing to administrative liability; the presence of dependent disabled people; the presence of guilt in the form of direct intent, the purpose of the action; circumstances that aggravate or mitigate the punishment of the offender are grounds for releasing from criminal liability or punishment that exclude criminal liability; presence of accomplices.


2020 ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
О. А. Антонюк

The relevance of the article is that the forensic characteristics should be based on the study of materials of criminal cases and proceedings, as well as have a direct practical direction. That is, to solve specific tasks of the investigation: to provide opportunities for the development of versions, to build correlations between individual elements, to ensure better planning of the investigation, and so on. Otherwise, it will really be a "phantom", ie an ineffective tool of investigation. At the same time, scientists continue to investigate illegal acts in terms of constructing their forensic characteristics. The scientific article is devoted to the study of some aspects of the investigation of criminal offenses against public order. The peculiarities of forensic characteristics as an element of the methodology of investigation of a certain category of criminal offenses are considered. The author emphasizes that the forensic characteristics should be based on the study of materials of criminal cases and proceedings, as well as has a direct practical direction. That is, to solve specific tasks of the investigation: to provide opportunities for proposing versions, building correlations between individual elements, ensuring better planning of the investigation, and so on. Otherwise, it will really be a "phantom", ie an ineffective tool of investigation. At the same time, scientists continue to investigate illegal acts in terms of constructing their forensic characteristics. In our opinion, this is really important for the methodology of investigation of any criminal offense, so we will try to solve the problem of its construction in the studied category of actions: against public order. The notion of forensic characteristics is formulated as a set of data on forensically important features and properties of an illegal act, which is due to the natural connections between its individual elements and provides construction and verification of versions to solve specific problems of criminal proceedings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kovalova Svitlana ◽  

The article analyzes the feasibility of introducing the institution of criminal offense. The focus is on reforming the criminal justice system. It was found out that one of the directions of reforming the criminal justice of Ukraine is the introduction of the institute of criminal misdemeanor in the criminal legislation. According to the results of the study, different approaches to the expediency of establishing liability for misconduct in the criminal legislation of Ukraine have been identified. It is reasonable that changing the understanding of the concept of crime and the criteria for its evaluation is not an easy path, but in today's conditions the introduction of criminal offenses is a progressive, timely and unalterable step, as no scientific developments can solve law enforcement problems. Keywords: criminal proceedings, institute of criminal offense, crime, reforming, criminal legislation, Concept of reforms, criminal justice


Author(s):  
Maksym Ocheretyatyy

The article analyzes the essence of the outlined problem, focuses on the importance of the investigator's interaction with operational units in the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses, outlines the concept, which is defined as a comprehensive and purposeful process of communication between different actors involved in criminal proceedings. , is the ultimate goal, which makes it possible to obtain factual information about the event of a criminal offense. This gave grounds for distinguishing the essence of this process, which in general is distinguished by the fact that the investigator is a procedural person who is directly responsible for the quality of pre-trial investigation, its planning and effectiveness of investigative (search) actions, their timeliness and consistency. It is also argued that the issues of theoretical generalization of the elements of the process of interaction of the investigator in the pre-trial investigation were effectively and accurately formulated in the above stages, which partially duplicate the stages of the pre-trial investigation. However, the proposed approach of individual researchers to differentiate the interaction not only in terms of criminal procedural law, but also from the standpoint of operational and investigative activities, as a process can also be useful in planning a pre-trial investigation. This logically gives grounds to claim that the interaction with operational units is based on close and coordinated cooperation within the current legislation, on the initiative of both parties, as well as the planned conduct of any investigative or non-public investigative (search) actions. The author, as a result of the received interpretations of basic terms it was given an opportunity to investigate its stages. Therefore, the approaches of scientists to determine the stages of interaction in the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses are analyzed, they are generalized, and the most effective approach totheir structuring for theory and practice is determined.


Author(s):  
Milana Pisaric

Every person has the right to privacy and protection of personal data and these rights may be restricted only in order to protect the general interest or the preservation of important values in society. If there is a certain degree of suspicion that a person committed a criminal offense, the competent authorities are authorized to limit his/her privacy rights and to collect and process personal data for the purposes of criminal proceedings, by taking certain actions and measures in accordance with the law. On the basis of legal authorization certain subjects may take regular and special evidentiary actions and measures, but possible privacy infringement and data collection should be limited to the extent necessary to suppress a specific criminal offense in accordance with the principle of proportionality. It is necessary and useful to apply the methods and techniques of information technology in order to detect and prove criminal offenses. However, uncritical regulation and voluntary application of advanced methods and techniques of surveillance and monitoring of user?s activities (whose daily activities increasingly rely on information technology) would create a real risk of expanding and deepening the scope of spheres of life to be monitored to a much greater extent than legitimate monitoring within the concept of pro?activity and creation of a complete and panoptic surveillance of personal data. This could not be justified by the needs to oppose even the most severe forms of criminal offenses. Thus, actions and measures based on the use of these techniques and methods should be laid down and applied in accordance with the principles of specificity, necessity and proportionality, and with control of the judicial authorities, so the right to privacy would not be jeopardized. It is necessary to find a proper balance between the needs of criminal proceedings and respect for human rights, with regard to regulating powers of investigative bodies in collecting data of individuals. In online environment, the protection of the right to legal personality and the right to free development of personality through the right to privacy as well as the protection of personal data are necessary to be provided by legal regulations containing even stricter and more precise rules (comparing to offline environment) that determine the scope of powers of the authorities to collect evidence for the purposes of criminal proceedings, because certain actions or measures can greatly interfere with the private sphere of individuals in the direction of a complete privacy annulment.


Author(s):  
Andrii Begma ◽  
Galyna Muliar ◽  
Oleksii Khovpun

The scientific article pays attention to the consideration of the concepts of “criminal offense”, “criminal offense”, “crime” andtheir implementation in criminal and criminal procedure legislation. Amendments to the legislation that came into force in connectionwith the adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Simplification of Pre-trial Inves -tigation of Certain Categories of Criminal Offenses” are considered. The issue devoted to the new subject of criminal procedure – thecoroner and the head of the inquiry body is investigated.The article considers the types of evidence that are taken into account in the investigation of criminal offenses. Such evidenceshould include: explanations of persons, results of medical examination, expert opinion, testimony of technical devices and technicalmeans that have the functions of photography and filming, video recording, or means of photography and filming, video recording. Thepossibility of using evidence in the investigation of crimes is considered.During the criminal proceedings, a new entity is identified, which is actually engaged in the investigation of criminal offenses,such an entity is the investigator. Inquiry is a new unit that investigates criminal offenses. Inquiries are carried out by inquiry subdivisionsor authorized persons of other subdivisions.A criminal offense is an act (action or omission) provided by the Criminal Code, for which the main penalty is a fine of not morethan three thousand non-taxable minimum incomes or other punishment not related to imprisonment. Procedural sources of evidencein criminal proceedings on criminal offenses, in addition to certain Art. 84 of the CPC, there are also explanations of persons, the resultsof medical examinations, expert opinion, indications of technical devices and technical means that have the functions of photographyand filming, video recording, or means of photography and filming, video recording.The legislator does not rule out that the sources of evidence are testimony, physical evidence, documents, expert opinions, but infact the explanations of persons, the results of medical examinations, expert opinion, indications of technical devices and equipmentthat have the functions of photography and filming, video or photo – and filming, video recordings are also identified as sources of evidence.The purpose of such a division is to distinguish between sources of evidence that can be used to prove crimes and criminal offenses.In addition, there is a misunderstanding – what exactly can we use to form the evidence base in criminal proceedings.


Author(s):  
Ю. П. Аленін

Стаття присвячена дослідженню проблем початкового етапу стадії досудового роз­слідування — нового процесуального інституту, який введений замість процедури пору­шення кримінальної справи, що існувала. Об'єктом дослідження є позитивні та негативні аспекти появи пропонованого новим КПК України процесуального порядку початку до-судових розслідувань кримінальних правопорушень.   The article is devoted to research the problems of the initial stage of pre-trial investigation phase, a new proceeding Institute, that was introduced instead of existed criminal proceedings. The object of research is predicted positive and negative aspects of appearance offered by a new Criminal Procedure Code order of initial stage of pre-trial investigation phase of criminal offenses.


Author(s):  
Denys Usatkin

The scientific article is devoted to covering some aspects of the investigation of a group violation of public order. The essence and system of typical investigative situations of the specified actions for their faster and more effective investigation are considered. It is noted that the activities of law enforcement officers should have a specific structure, which will vary depending on the specific circumstances that occur in the investigation of certain criminal offenses. That is, the algorithmization of the criminal proceedings for a particular category of offenses should be the main task of forensic scientists. At the same time, it is necessary to understand that it is impossible to build an algorithm of actions without identifying certain situations that may arise during the investigation. Criminal proceedings for group violations of public order are no exception. These acts violate public order and are quite difficult to distinguish from the accompanying acts: riots and hooliganism. And it is thanks to the correct course of action of police officers at the initial stage of the investigation that the greatest possible amount of evidence will be gathered. The author supports the position of scholars who formulate a typical investigative situation as a set of conditions that are objectively formed in the investigation of criminal offenses, create a unique situation at a given time, which poses the investigator the problem of choosing the appropriate course of action and tactical decisions. After analyzing the above situations and factors influencing their formation, as well as materials of criminal proceedings, the author formulated the following typical investigative situations in the investigation of a group violation of public order: persons who committed a group violation were detained at the scene, the victim witnesses, eyewitnesses and available material traces of a criminal act; persons who have committed a group violation of public order, disappeared from the scene and are known only by appearance, available witnesses and material traces of a criminal act; traces of illegal actions were found, the offenders are unknown, witnesses were found at the scene.


Author(s):  
Vasyl Berezniak

The article reviews some court decisions, which highlight the key features of the assessment of criminal offenses against traffic safety and transport operation. Typical situations of committing criminal offenses of this type with the analysis of difficulties of qualification and further bringing a person to criminal responsibility are studied. In addition, attention is paid to the differentiation of legal liability, where the means of committing an offense or the subject is a vehicle, as well as highlighted key aspects related to the definition, type and nature of the act. Assessment of criminal offenses against traffic safety and transport operation under art. 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine should be based not only on the rules of substantive law, ie the law of Ukraine on criminal liability. Within the framework of criminal proceedings, the employee-practitioner is guided by the rules of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, which provides for the possibility of changing the assessment of a criminal offense, taking into account the available facts and circumstances. Regarding the existence of certain regulations governing the specifics of assessment and further pre-trial investigation into the commission of a criminal offense against traffic safety and transport operation, today the national justice system has formed judicial practice on this issue. However, it requires some generalization and identification of key points in the qualification of the investigated criminal offenses or further criminal proceedings. The decisive evidence in criminal proceedings concerning criminal offenses against traffic safety and transport operation is the experts’ conclusions from various types of examinations, which are appointed in these proceedings. In particular, auto-technical, auto-commodity, transport-trasological expert studies, which establish important circumstances for establishing the suspect’se guilt or innocence.


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