CONVERGENCE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL AND OPERATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE FIXATION OF DIGITAL TRACES
One of the hotly debated issues - the possibility of convergence of criminal procedural and operational investigative activities-is considered in the context of the digitalization of modern society. Conclusions are formulated about the impact of this process and the specifics of working with digital traces on the interaction of investigators with operational staff. In the last decade, in the interests of improving the effectiveness of the fight against crime, various proposals have been put forward in the scientific literature related to simplifying the procedure for using the results of operational investigative activities in proving, up to the introduction of the institute of secret investigative actions into domestic criminal proceedings. Such proposals meet reasonable objections of a methodological nature. At the same time, it is impossible to ignore the fact that in modern society, taking into account the processes of global digitalization, the role of operational investigative activities in the detection and investigation of crimes, especially such as corruption, is only increasing. The use of modern technologies leads to the predominance of the informational content of the carriers of evidentiary information over the written form of its provision. The peculiarities of working with digital traces of a crime emphasize the importance of high-quality operational support of the preliminary investigation and the organization of proper interaction of investigators with operational staff. Thus, the issue of convergence of criminal procedural and operational-investigative activities does not lose relevance and requires resolution, including at the legislative level.