Review

The article is dedicated to legislative attachment of monitoring of bank accounts as covert investigative (detective) action. Scientific researches of monitoring of bank accounts as covert investigative (detective) action are very important because of their value for both theory and practice. This matter isn’t investigated enough because of its innovation in the criminal procedural law since 2015.

The article examines concept and content of information, that can be determined as bank secrecy, occasions when this information can be outspread. The author pays attention to the grounds of application, which are exhaustive and established in Criminal Procedural Code.

Having examined legislature, the list of subjects, who can conduct this covert investigative (detective) action, is determined. The author make a suggestion to give authority to other subjects with the aim to provide objectivity and neutrality during criminal procedure.

Analyzing the legislature, procedure of conducting monitoring of bank accounts as covert investigative (detective) action is clarified, basic requirements to pleading and award are defined, period of conducting this covert investigative (detective) action is appointed. The article also indicates problems of application of monitoring of bank accounts in practice, for example, high price of conducting this action, necessity of additional staff and lectures, and so on.

The aim of the research is to find out the importance and essentiality of monitoring of bank accounts as covert investigative (detective) action in theory and practice, that will promote implementing of tasks of criminal procedure, effective investigation of crimes, identifying problems, developing proposals and recommendations for their solution.

The specifics of the criminal procedural activities require the improvement of criminal procedural law. While analyzing scientific researches the author clarified the necessity of making changes to criminal procedural legislation, in particular to expanse the list of subjects, who can conduct this covert investigative (detective) action, to form legal certainty of the procedure and the procedural form of fixing revealed evidences.

Having examined theoretical and practical aspects of the monitoring of bank accounts, the author comes to the conclusion that the prospects are seen in the development of proposals for the adoption of world experience, compliance with international legal standards, etc. Monitoring of bank accounts as any other covert investigative (detective) action must have clear and detailed legislative regulation, with compliance of principles of legal certainty and proportionality.

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