MONITORING OF THE COMMISSION OF CORRUPTION CRIMES CONNECTED WITH A BRIBERY: A QUESTION OF LEGALITY

Abstract

The purpose of the article is the determination of the criteria and means of ensuring the legality of the prosecution’s actions during monitoring corruption offenses related to a bribery’s commission. Methodology. Methodological tools are selected in accordance with the purpose, specifics of the object and the subject of the research. Its base is grounded on the general dialectical method of scientific cognition of real phenomena, as well as their connections with the practical activities of operative units and pre-trial investigation bodies. Methods of systematic analysis, comparativelaw and modeling are used as special ones. Scientific novelty. Theoretical knowledge is systematized and the practice of ensuring the legality of control over the commission of corruption crimes related to a bribery is generalized. It is proved that, at first, any kind of a control over the commission of a corruption crime related to a bribery is a social experiment (research) on a person, which restricts his rights under Art. 28 of the Constitution of Ukraine, at second, in any case, the control over the commission of a corruption crime related to a bribery is an interference into private communication and, therefore, such control can be carried out only on the basis of the order of the investigating judge. Conclusions. The concept of corruption crimes related to a bribery is formulated; the content and practical aspects of the implementation of control over the commission of corruption crimes related to a bribery are revealed; the criteria for distinguishing between such control and provocation of a crime’s commission are determined; typical violations of the criminal proceeding law committed by the prosecution during the specified control, as well as other covert investigative (search) and investigative (search) actions are highlighted.