Statutory Aspects of International and Transnational Search for Hiding Terrorists, Extremists and Mercenaries: The National and Foreign Experience
The article defines statutory grounds for the international and transnational search for terrorists and mercenaries, determines the algorithm of actions in this sphere and the collection of data on the location of wanted criminals, the opportunity for their extradition and prevention of attempts of persons trained in terrorist groups and suicide attackers to penetrate to the Commonwealth of Independent States (hereinafter referred to as the CIS). The publication lists events aimed at the identification of and search for CIS citizens having taken part in military operations in other countries on the side of terrorist and extremist groups and illegal armed formations (hereinafter referred to as the IAF). The authors give justified proposals for the improvement and functioning of the system of international and transnational search, review various solutions of the issues related to the legal mechanism problems, the procedure for mutual exchange of the information on coordination of and procedure for search, supervision and control thereof.