DOI: 10.7256/2454-0692.2019.2.29638

Abstract: One of the reasons why struggle against corruption hasn’t been effective enough, is the absence of proactive measures taken by field agents when detecting and investigating the facts of bribe taking and bribery mediation. The research subject of the article is the essence and the content of a proactive legendized sting operation. The aim of the research is to analyze law-enforcement practice in the above mentioned direction, and to determine the potential of such operations in accordance with the current Russian legislation and without the involvement of acts of provocation or incitement. The research methodology includes general scientific methods and special research methods, including those of the forensic science. Based on the analysis, the authors detect the problem of contingent passivity of field agents and investigators and non-use of the proactivity principle in detecting and investigating bribery and other corruption-related crimes. The authors find out that the traditional approach to conducting a sting operation during the investigation of cases related to this category is not effective, and the legislator and judicial practice do not set exact criteria for the conduction of intelligence operations without the involvement of illegal acts of provocation or incitement. Based on the analysis of intelligence operations and investigative activities, the authors formulate the model of a proactive legendized sting operation and the rules, prohibiting the violation of laws, and claim that the proposed approach can significantly raise the effectiveness of struggle against corruption.  

DOI: 10.25136/2409-7136.2018.10.27664

Abstract: Based on the analysis of theoretical and practical issues of the forensic prevention theory, the authors analyze the place of a rather new form, anti-crime prevention, therein. By analyzing the example of the creation and implementation of the fraud investigation method during the receipt of payments, the authors emphasize the need and demonstrate the process of creation of anti-crime education that has another structure and is completely different from the recommendations and guidelines for laywers as professional participants of the criminal procedure. The authors describe the process of creating an educational brochure and mobile application that would allow to overcome typical stereotypes of citizens about uncriminal nature, undedictability and unpunishability of particular socially dangerous offences. The authors conclude that there should be similar mobile applications of educative and anti-crime nature to be developed and implemented.