CONDUCT OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATORS (SEARCH) ACTIONS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33244/2617-4154-4(17)-2024-252-259

Keywords:

criminal offense, environment, criminal proceedings, pretrial investigation body, law enforcement agency, investigative (search) actions

Abstract

The article examines the specifics of conducting individual investigative (search) actions in criminal proceedings against the environment. This is due to the fact that at present, criminal offenses in the field of the environment are increasingly being committed, which are becoming important and worthy of research, as they have acquired a global character. The further existence of humanity depends on their solution, and today they are relevant for all countries of the world, including Ukraine. Environmental protection is an important function of our state. The Criminal Code of Ukraine establishes responsibility for the most dangerous offenses in the field of the environment in a separate chapter VIII "Crimes against the environment", which includes social relations protected by criminal law in the field of natural resource use, environmental protection and environmental safety. Pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses against the environment is a rather complex process that requires the simultaneous detection and proof of a number of illegal actions of the offender. The effectiveness of the pre-trial investigation is possible only with the help of step-by-step planning of individual investigative (search) actions. It was established, based on the analysis of the norms of criminal procedural legislation, that in the conditions of martial law, attention should be paid to the peculiarities of conducting and recording the course and results of investigative (search) actions. Legislative changes are aimed at ensuring the effective functioning and activity of bodies that carry out pre-trial investigation and inquiry. At the same time, it is necessary to comply with all requirements of the criminal procedural form, guarantees of the rights of participants in investigative (search) actions, take into account the potential danger to their life or health and the difficult conditions in which Ukraine is today, the conditions of the legal regime of martial law.

Published

2025-01-09

How to Cite

MILEVSKYI O. Р., & TARASIUK T. І. (2025). CONDUCT OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATORS (SEARCH) ACTIONS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT. Irpin Legal Chronicles, (4(17), 252–259. https://doi.org/10.33244/2617-4154-4(17)-2024-252-259

Issue

Section

Сriminal procedure and criminalistics; forensic examination; operational-search activity