Use of international legal assistance during the pre-trial investigation of corruption crimes in the sphere of official and professional activities

Artem Shevchyshen; Anna Myrovska; Andrey Antoshchuk; Andrii Sakovskyi; Vadym Piaskovskyi

doi:10.46398/cuestpol.3969.10

Artem Shevchyshen National Police of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-6639
Anna Myrovska National Academy of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5714-1873
Andrey Antoshchuk National Academy of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5088-4372
Andrii Sakovskyi National Academy of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0762-859X
Vadym Piaskovskyi National Academy of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-1018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3969.10

Keywords: corruption crimes, official and professional activities, pre-trial investigation, special pre-trial investigation, international legal assistance

Abstract

Based on the provisions of criminal procedure theory and criminology, the problems of international legal assistance are revealed during the pre-trial investigation for crimes of corruption in the field of official and professional activities. Special attention is paid to identifying the details of evidential activities in criminal proceedings for offences related to the provision of public services during a special pre-trial investigation (in absentia). The methodological basis of the article is a set of general and special scientific methods of legal cognition. In particular, the concept of pre-trial special investigation is formulated, its functional purpose is defined, characteristics of the carrying out of separate investigative actions (search) during the special pre-trial investigation for corruption offences. Attention is paid to issues of international cooperation to identify and search for assets in these criminal proceedings. Other problems are revealed in the use of international legal assistance to obtain evidence during the investigation of these crimes. It is concluded that a problem that arises during international cooperation during the preliminary investigation is the uncertainty in international rules on the provision of mutual legal assistance.

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Author Biographies

Artem Shevchyshen, National Police of Ukraine

Doctor of legal sciences, docent, Head of the Service Crimes Investigation Department of the Corruption Crimes Investigation Department of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Anna Myrovska, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Candidate of legal sciences, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Criminalistics and forensic medicine, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Andrey Antoshchuk, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Candidate of legal sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminalistics and forensic medicine, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Andrii Sakovskyi, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Candidate of legal sciences, Associate Professor, Director of the educational and research institute No. 2, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Vadym Piaskovskyi, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Candidate of legal sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of Department of Criminalistics and Forensic Medicine of National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

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