ІНТЕРНЕТ У ПОШУКОВІЙ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ СЛІДЧОГО

Abstract

The article considers the possibility of using the Internet in the investigation of criminal offenses, identifies certain aspects of its use in evidence, as well as analyzes the essence of the investigator's search activities in the information field mentioned. In particular, it is noted that in modern conditions, both scholars and practitioners are increasingly paying attention to the possibility of using the possibilities of the Internet in the criminal proceedings. Nowadays, the Internet, which has become essentially a global telecommunications network, creates significant potential opportunities for law enforcement agencies to detect and investigate a large number of types of criminal offenses. However, due to the uncertainty of the legal status of the Internet, it is rapidly being criminalized. Using the achievements of scientific and technological progress, intensifying activities and increasing the level of their organization, offenders expand the information space around them, naturally forming a set of connections available for analysis by using modern scientific and technical methods and tools. In turn, domestic law enforcement agencies can and should also adequately take into account such processes and use them in terms of developing ways to use appropriate Internet sources of information on subjects of all levels of crime, especially organized, as well as with a foreign element. In general, the main objectives of using the Internet in the investigation of criminal offenses is to find the necessary forensic information from its network, its analysis, accumulation and further processing and application in the detection and investigation of illegal acts, including their proof. It is justified to single out the following areas of use of information from the Internet during the pre-trial investigation: first, as a source of operational information; second, as an information channel both for operative communication with the public, and as a means of influencing it in the interests of detection, investigation and prevention of criminal offenses; third, as a means of influencing those who have committed such offenses in order to encourage them to expose themselves either in the form of appearing before a law enforcement agency or in the form of committing erroneous actions that will facilitate their detention. One way or another, the use of the World Wide Web can contribute to changes in the pre-trial investigation, significantly increasing its effectiveness. To ensure the reliability of the information received from this network, it is necessary to improve the procedural forms of its formation, verification and evaluation, taking into account the possibility of its accidental or deliberate distortion.