Summary: | Countering organized crime is one of the priorities of law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation. The investigation of criminal cases in this category, the gathering of evidence and criminal prosecution of persons at the pretrial
stage of criminal proceedings, taking into account the specificity and particular complexity of such cases, must be conducted in accordance with all the requirements of the legislation in force. Purpose: to analyze the legality of seizure of items and documents in the course of a public operational search – a home inspection. Methods:
empirical methods of comparison, description;
theoretical methods of formal and dialectical
logic; interpretation of legal norms. Results: the
study reveals possible violations of the law when
law enforcement officials confiscate documents
and items, including those taken out of circulation
or restricted in circulation, in the course of an
operational search conducted according to the
requirements of the departmental normative act.
The author makes a proposal to use the rules of
criminal procedure law when drawing up a protocol for the seizur e of it ems and documents.
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