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Методика розыска без вести пропавших лиц в Украине: практический аспект
Missing Persons Search Methods in Ukraine: practical aspect

Author(s): Nykyforchuk Dmytro Josypovych, Chemerys Dmytro Dmytrovych
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Methodology and research technology, Criminology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: criminal methods; search; missing people; National Police; statistics;

Summary/Abstract: This article discloses the methods for searching of missing persons by units of the National Police of Ukraine on the basis of legislation, taking into account the practical experience of the authors. Statistical data on the situation of the search for missing persons in Ukraine are presented, current trends and processes that can lead to an unknown disappearance of persons are identified. The search procedure is conditionally divided into three parts: priority measures, investigative (search) actions and operational-search measures. Attention is drawn to the identification of signs of a possible crime with respect to a missing person. The possibility of submitting documents to the International Criminal Police Organization Interpol is described. Attention is paid to the situation in the East of the country, some features of the search for persons in the zone of armed conflict are described. Listed conditions for termination of the search. The ways of optimizing activities in this direction are proposed.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 23-34
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian