Review

The necessity of providing criminalistics security of covert investigative (detective) actions are proved. The content of this security is given and its definition is determined. The main directions of criminalistics security of covert investigative (detective) actions are examined.

It was determined that the criminalistics security of covert investigative (detective) actions is a system of measures for maximizing the effectiveness of these actions to realize the tasks of criminal proceedings. This system will include: the scientific study of the nature and practice of covert investigative (detective) actions to determine the ways of efficiency improvement; creation of practical recommendations to improve the tactics and techniques of covert investigative (detective) action, and techniques and lawful methods of its use based on general theoretical principles of criminalistics and operative investigation activity; testing and implementation of these recommendations into practice; professional preparation and further training of actors of cover investigative (detective) actions by forming their respective professional competences.

Criminalistics security of covert investigative (detective) actions should have a two-tiered nature. The first level is a conducting certain covert investigative (detective) actions, the second level is a conducting complex of covert investigative (search) actions within a specific criminal proceedings. At each level the criminalistics security can be general and special (such regarding the use of covert investigative (detective) action to investigate specific crimes or aimed at obtaining information on certain categories of persons, as an example, minors, members of organized criminal groups, police, recidivists, etc.).

The main areas (sections) of criminalistics security of covert investigative (detective) actions is forensic tactics, forensic techniques and forensic equipment, they would be based on scientific provisions of the theory of operative investigation activity and criminalistics.

Ключові слова: criminalistics security, covert investigative (detective) actions, criminalistics method, criminalistics tactics, criminalistics technique.