PROBLEMATIC ISSUES OF INTERACTION IN THE PROCESS OF DOCUMENTING BRIBERY
The article discusses importance of interaction between investigators and operational units’ personnel for effective documentation of bribery. The authors analyze structural and substantive elements of cooperation between the given subjects at different stages of criminal prosecution: operative checkup, preliminary investigation and trial. On the basis of practical experience the authors reveal existing problems of interaction which are viewed as the result of errors in organization and tactics of investigative actions and operational-search activities, as well as gaps in current legal regulations. At the same time the article offers and justifies specific suggestions on resolving these issues and improving documentation of crimes of the given kind. The authors conclude that the most effective form of interaction in bribery cases is properly organized work of specialized operative-investigative groups. At this point the investigator should interact with operational personnel not only at the time of implementing operational assignments, but before this stage in order to correct operational work on collecting evidence.