Particularities of investigation of crimes committed by organized criminal groups

Abstract

Organized crime as an extremely socially dangerous phenomenon is often referred to rightly as „improved” crime. Needless to say, crimes committed by organized criminal groups have always manifested themselves in a much more advanced degree of social danger than deeds committed, in particular, by individuals. In the first case, in the criminal activity are involved several persons united by a single criminal purpose, prepared for its realization, and a substantial damage is caused, which determines certain specific features of the mechanism of criminal activity and, respectively, defines the methodological particularities of investigation of such deeds. The elaboration of a secure methodological and forensic mechanism for investigating the criminal deeds committed by organized criminal groups is a possible thing to achieve over several years. In the content of this article, an attempt was made to systematize the factual and doctrinal material regarding the methods of identification, discovery and investigation of the organized criminal activity and the elaboration, based on them, of the corresponding forensic recommendations. However, the study does not aim to examine the full range of current issues in the field of investigation of the deeds committed by organized criminal groups, reflecting only some issues related to streamlining the investigation of these categories of crimes.