Review

It is studied the origins of the investigative activities mentioned in the Russian Empire Code of Laws in 1857. The study of these activities content shows that its goal is to search of the information about the crime, the research and the necessary information acquisition. It is analyzed the scientists opinions about the definition of specific internals and characteristics allowing to mark the investigative activities between the other procedural acts. The author has a shot to analyze the practicability to use the modified term “operational (search) activities” in the Criminal Procedure Code and shows the not full accordance to the cognitive aspects of these activities. It is notified that there isn’t a term “operational (search) activities” in any Criminal Procedure Codes studied by the author and it is supposed to use a term “investigative activities” in the legislation, the theory and the practice. It is drawn attention to the application of the procedures and methods of the operational search activities directed on the surreptitious obtaining of information for the criminal proceeding to have the information about the investigation of the heavy and especially grave crimes committed by the secret and disguised ways usually organized by the criminal groups with corrupted contacts.

Keywords: crime, cognitive activity means, operational (search) activities, procedural acts, search, detection, investigative actions.