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SCIENTIFIC - PRACTICAL JOURNAL "HERALD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"

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USE OF SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ILLICIT ENRICHMENT

Pages: 282-292
Year: 2022
Location: Pravova Ednist Ltd

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Annotation. Illegal enrichment, as a manifestation of corruption, is a direct threat to Ukraine’s national security. As a result of illegal enrichment, damage is done not only to the rights and freedoms of citizens and legal entities, but also to the authority of authorities and business entities on whose behalf authorized persons act. The fight against such a dangerous criminally illegal manifestation cannot remain outside the attention of scientists and is implemented through the development of a high-quality scientific toolkit for law enforcement activities in the form of methods of investigating illegal enrichment. An important element of the methodology of the investigation of illegal enrichment is the using of special knowledge, which significantly expands the capabilities of the subject of the investigation to establish factual data relevant to the proceedings. The purpose of the article is to offer forensic recommendations on the using of special knowledge in the investigation of illegal enrichment. The main results of the study are the formation of forensic recommendations on the using of special knowledge for gathering evidence during the investigation of illegal enrichment, the results of which are reflected in the procedural sources of evidence. Analysis of the nature, purpose and tasks of the procedural actions of the initial stage of the investigation of illegal enrichment – inspection, temporary access to things and documents, criminal search – allows us to conclude that it is necessary to involve a specialist in their implementation. A specialist who is involved in the implementation of such procedural actions not only has particular tasks, but must also have certain qualifications that will act as a guarantee of the performance of these tasks. The results of the involvement of a specialist in procedural actions should be reflected in the form of a written explanation of the specialist, which takes its place in the system of procedural sources of evidence. Conducting various types of forensic examinations during the investigation of illegal enrichment allows establishing factual data that are important for the proceedings. Examinations should be carried out taking into account the peculiarities of the organization of forensic expert activity in Ukraine and the related capabilities of the subject of the investigation to conduct certain types of forensic examinations. At the same time, it is important to form a methodical approach to conducting examinations and evaluating the expert’s conclusions, the basis of which is the normative and legal regulation of forensic expert activity in Ukraine. The proposed forensic recommendations are a guarantee of collecting proper and admissible evidence and increasing the effectiveness of the investigation of illegal enrichment. Key words: illegal enrichment, special knowledge, involvement of a specialist, written explanation of a specialist, computer data, examination, forensic expert activity. REFERENCES LIST OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS LEGISLATION
  1. Kryminalnyi protsesualnyi kodeks Ukrainy [Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine] Zakon Ukrainy vid 13.04.2012 № 4651-VI data zvernennia 04.05.2022 [in Ukrainian].
  2. Pro sudovu ekspertyzu [Pro forensic examination] Zakon Ukrainy vid 25.02.1994 № 4038-XII data zvernennia 04.05.2022 [in Ukrainian].
  3. Pro zatverdzhennia Instruktsii pro pryznachennia ta provedennia sudovykh ekspertyz ta ekspertnykh doslidzhen ta Naukovo-metodychnykh rekomendatsii z pytan pidhotovky ta pryznachennia sudovykh ekspertyz ta ekspertnykh doslidzhen [On the approval of the Instructions on the appointment and conduct of forensic examinations and expert studies and Scientific and methodological recommendations on the preparation and appointment of forensic examinations and expert studies] Nakaz Ministerstva yustytsii Ukrainy 08.10.1998 № 53/5 data zvernennia 04.05.2022 [in Ukrainian].
BIBLIOGRAPHY AUTHORED BOOKS
  1. Kovalenko Ye H, Teoriia dokaziv u kryminalnomu protsesi Ukrainy [Theory of evidence in the criminal process of Ukraine] (Kyiv, Yurinkom Inter, 2006) 631 [in Ukrainian].
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EDITED BOOKS
  1. Kryminalistyka [Criminology] / V V Piaskovskyi ta in, 2-he vyd., pererob. i dopov. (Kyiv, 2020) 752 [in Ukrainian].
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
  1. Lukianchikov Ye D, Lukianchikov B Ye, Petriaev S Ui, Vykorystannia spetsialnyh znan u kryminalnomu provadzhenni [Use of special knowledge in criminal proceedings] (2019) 4 (44) Politologiai. Sotsiologiai. Pravo 125–130 [in Ukrainian].
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  7. Pohoretskyi M A, Teoriia kryminalnoho protsesualnoho dokazuvannia: problemni pytannia [Theory of criminal procedural evidence: problematic issues] (2014) 10 Pravo Ukrainy 12–25 [in Ukrainian].
  8. Pohoretskyi M A, Kryminalno-protsesualna forma [Criminal procedural form] (2012) 2 Visnyk Zaporizkoho yurydychnoho instytutu DDUVS 144–151 [in Ukrainian].
  9. Pohoretskyi M A, Nova kontseptsiia kryminalnoho protsesualnoho dokazuvannia [New concept of criminal procedural evidence] (2015) 3 Visnyk kryminalnoho sudochynstva Ukrainy 63–79 [in Ukrainian].
  10. Simonenko N O, Slobodianyk I O, Nezakonne zbagachennia: mizhnarodnyi dosvid ta analiz ukrainskogo zakonodavstva [Illegal enrichment: international experience and analysis of Ukrainian legislation] (2020) 6 Urydychnyi naukovyi elektronnyi zhurnal 204–208 [in Ukrainian].
  11. Fedosova O V, Vykorystannia spetsialnyh znan u hodi rozsliduvannia koryslyvo-nasylnytskyh zlochyniv, shcho vchyniautsia nepovnolitnimy [The use of special knowledge during the investigation of selfish and violent crimes committed by minors] (2020) 2 (104) Urydychna nauka 472–484 [in Ukrainian].
  12. Hutsaliuk M V, Antoniuk P Ye, Shchodo sutnosti elektronnoi (tsyfrovoi) informatsii iak dzherela dokaziv u kryminalnomu provadzhenni [Regarding the essence of electronic (digital) information as a source of evidence in criminal proceedings] (2020) 1 (33) Kryminalistychnyi visnyk 37–49 [in Ukrainian].
  13. Antoniuk P Ye, Pyaskovskii V V, Pysmove poiasnennia spetsialista v systemi protsesualnyh dzherel dokaziv na dosudovomu rozsliduvanni kryminalnyh pravoporushen [Written explanation of a specialist in the system of procedural sources of evidence in the pretrial investigation of criminal offenses] (2021) 66 Kryminalistyka i sudova ekspertyza 332–341[in Ukrainian].
CONFERENCE PAPERS
  1. Antoniuk P, Pyaskovskii V, Shchodo sutnosti spetsialnyh znan [Regarding the essence of special knowledge] Aktualni pytannia vdoskonalennia sudovo-ekspertnoi ta pravoohoronnoi diialnosti: I Mizhnarodna naukovo-praktychna konferentsiia (Kropivnytskyi, 2021) 220–223[in Ukrainian].
  2. Pohoretskyi M A, Dokazuvannia u kryminalnomu protsesi: poniattia, zmist, struktura [Evidence in the criminal process: concept, content, structure] Aktualni problemy dokazuvannia u kryminalnomu provadzhenni: materialy Vseukrainskoi naukovo-praktychnoi Internet-konferentsii (27 lystopada 2013 r., m. Odesa) (Odesa, Yurydychna literatura, 2013) 17–21 [in Ukrainian].

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