Identification of faked disappearance using investigative and surveillance measures Cover Image

Негласная идентификация личности фиктивно пропавшего в ходе оперативно-розыскных мероприятий
Identification of faked disappearance using investigative and surveillance measures

Author(s): Oleg Stasiewicz Kuczyn
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: criminal proceedings; seeking missing persons; investigative and surveillance work; evidence;

Summary/Abstract: There are situations when a perpetrator wants to evade being made liable for the crime by faked disappearance. Sometimes such a person changes his/her appearance. In such situations, law-enforcement bodies have to conduct a number of investigative and surveillance actions so that the person being sought does not know that he/she is a suspect and does not hide again. Care should also be taken to avoid the violation of third-party rights. The aim of the article is to represent legal mechanisms and forensic recommendations referring to the identification of fake disappearances. The author concluded that there may be different types of fake disappearances. Nonetheless, all of them have a few features in common allowing to identify such situations.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 97-108
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian