Abstract

The object of the research in the paper is the treatment of corruption and strengthening the integrity of the Kosovo Police. The aim of the conducted research is not only to inform the public and the reader to understand the causes and the specific forms of corrupted behavior and abuse of official duty from the police officers, but to also inform them with damages that are caused to the values of police culture and ethics in general, as well as the measures to be taken. Growth and development of the Police with human resources and legal competencies, by a certain individual is often accompanied by abuse and deviation from the exercise of those powers during the exercise of official duty, and investigations conducted during 2015-2019 testify the involvement of police officers in criminal offenses with corrupt elements. This research is based on and implements a research and comparative approach and model related to the phenomenon of corruption in the Kosovo police for the period from 2015-2019. The case that is being studied aims to learn through the comparative method regarding the investigation and treatment of corruption in the police of Kosovo and Albania.
 In the final analysis of this paper from all the conclusions and recommendations it can be said that the ways of recognizing the existence of corrupt behaviors and identifying work in preventing, detecting and cracking down on this negative phenomenon by both the police themselves and the specialized oversight and control structures, avoids and reduces corruption.

Highlights

  • With the development of human society, various forms of crime have been developed especially organized crime and this has made the prosecuting authorities of different countries of the world put bridges of cooperation among themselves in order to make it easier to fight this negative phenomenon around the world.[1]

  • The corruption issue in general and the corruption in the police is a very concerning issue for the Kosovar society as well, and regarding to this phenomenon various debates have been organized and held for the public, but it has not been noticed whether special researches have been done in the scientific and forensic aspect

  • Through this paper basic scientific research methods and instruments have been applied, quantitative and qualitative as the method of analysis and synthesis, the historical, legal, comparative analysis of the type and trend of criminal offenses with corrupt elements in the police, in which case, a combination of different qualitative and scientific methods were used which include the analysis of various documents of relevant institutions for the work and control of the Police, the annual reports of the Police and the Kosovo Police Inspectorate (KPI)

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Introduction

With the development of human society, various forms of crime have been developed especially organized crime and this has made the prosecuting authorities of different countries of the world put bridges of cooperation among themselves in order to make it easier to fight this negative phenomenon around the world.[1] corruption as a form of criminality poses a risk to the development of any state. The corruption issue in general and the corruption in the police is a very concerning issue for the Kosovar society as well, and regarding to this phenomenon various debates have been organized and held for the public, but it has not been noticed whether special researches have been done in the scientific and forensic aspect.

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