Special Knowledge During the Investigation into Economic Crimes

  • V. Davydenko Ph.D in Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines of the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Kiev, Ukraine
Keywords: special knowledge, ordering forensic examinations, conversion of property, embezzlement of property, abuse of office

Abstract

Activity of public authorities, local government authorities and community regarding the fight against organized crime currently remains the most difficult and important in the development of Ukraine as independent and democratic State governed by the rule of law. In the context of the science and technology progress dynamics, the optimal use of expertise and primarily the ordering of certain forensic examinations will be highly conducive with regard to the law-enforcement activity, including detection, investigation and prevention of crimes against property, crimes in the spheres of economic and official activities, as well as professional activity related to the provision of public services. These issues are in constant inter correlation and interdependence with the problems related to maintenance of financial and economic wellbeing in the country, defense capacity building in today’s highly complicated conditions of countering an armed aggression against Ukraine. During the pre-trial investigation into crimes, the achievement of the above objectives is also conditioned by the strict compliance with legal factors and tactical characteristics of ordering forensic examinations. According to the financial and economic issues of the subject-matter of the crime investigation, its actualization is determined by the ordering of examinations related to financial and economic fields, production, construction, and engineering examinations, as well as other forensic examinations where appropriate. The effectiveness of achieving the objectives of investigation into crimes of this category also depends on the organization of the investigator’s work and prioritization of consistent preparation for the ordering of forensic examinations. The limitedness of the subject matter of investigation to the issues of financial and economic as well as technological orientation does not preclude the ordering of individual forensic examinations of material traces that appeared within the complicated mechanism of criminal activity of those embezzling property or abusing office.

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Author Biography

V. Davydenko
Ph.D in Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines of the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Kiev, Ukraine

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Davydenko, V. 1. Special Knowledge During the Investigation into Economic Crimes. Law Magazine of the National Academy of Internal Affairs. 12, 2 (1), 178-187.
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Theoretical and historical aspects of legal science