The paper presents the results of a research related to the existence of stereotypes in connectio... more The paper presents the results of a research related to the existence of stereotypes in connection with sexual violence among the general population of Serbia, as well as among the students of the University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies in Belgrade (UCIPS). Bearing in mind that comparative studies testify to a high level the presence of stereotypes related to sexual violence, the researchers have attempted to establish whether there are any differences in understanding this issue among the above-mentioned categories of respondents, as some of them are prospective police officers, who will likely be in contact with the victims of sexual violence given the nature of their job. The focus was also on the differences in the manner of obtaining information about this phenomenon. The study encompassed a total of 310 respondents, out of whom 62 were the students of the UCIPS and 61 the students of other universities, whereas all others were above the student age. The data we...
The growing involvement of minors in drug-related crimes is a problem that our country has been s... more The growing involvement of minors in drug-related crimes is a problem that our country has been struggling with in recent years. First, it is necessary to point out the increase in the number of drug-related crimes in which juveniles appear in the role of perpetrators, which is the main goal of this paper. The need to highlight the increase in the number of criminal charges and convictions of juveniles for this group of crimes stems from the fact that in other categories of crimes there is a decrease in the number of juvenile offenders, and at the same time, in the group of crimes involving drug abuse the number of juvenile offenders is growing. A worrying circumstance is that juveniles keep pace with adult perpetrators of drug crimes, as in both categories there is a noticeable trend of increasing the representation of this group of crimes. Data from judicial statistics, imprimis of the Republic Bureau of Statistics, provide insight into the new state of juvenile drug crime, while ...
The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law ... more The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law provides protection of motor vehicles and lists the problems encountered by the judiciary in the practical implementation of legal provisions. The central part of the paper focuses on the modus operandi of organized criminal groups engaged in the perpetration of such criminal acts, particularly in the organization and deployment of various electronic tools used to overcome electronic protection of modern vehicle makes. Finally, the authors emphasize the fact that investigative activities aimed at tracking down organized criminal groups and identifying the roles of their members call for an approach that differs from that used for detecting other criminal acts and point out to the main guidelines for police activities aimed at dealing with such cases.U prvom delu rada autori ukazuju na normativno-pravni okvir kojim se obezbeđuje krivično-pravna zaštita motornih vozila i na probleme koji s...
The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in... more The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in the legislations of most developed European countries in the last decade of the 20th century, as an effective way of battling organized crime. In Serbian practice, this institute is relatively new; it has been recently introduced, by the relevant normative-legal framework which was adopted more than three years ago. The mentioned framework set up a special investigating entity, the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU), as the organizational unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which, under the formal command of the public prosecutor, is taking a wide range of measures and actions aimed at establishing the existence of 'criminal assets'. Within the powers available to the FIU, one can find mostly traditional, already known police powers along with somewhat adapted ones specific to financial investigation and designed to gather evidence or take actions that have only informal i...
Modern society is affected by the problem of drug addiction and drug crime on a global and nation... more Modern society is affected by the problem of drug addiction and drug crime on a global and national level, and the damaging consequences of drug abuse are extremely serious and widespread. The fact that minors are more often than before in the role of perpetrators of criminal acts related to narcotic drugs contributes to the additional seriousness of the overall situation. As the trend of drug crime among young people in the last few years indicates growing of this phenomenon in our society, the focus of our work will be determining the importance of certain factors on the perception of young people about drug crime. In order to achieve this task, we conducted a survey among high school students whose goal was to examine the influence of family environment and school environment factors, and also influence of certain media content on their perception of drug crime. A hundred students participated in this research. The research results show that the socio-demographic characteristics ...
At the beginning, the author provides an overview of the most common views on the legal nature of... more At the beginning, the author provides an overview of the most common views on the legal nature of the forfeiture of assets institute - derived from criminal acts, arising from the European Court of Human Rights, comparative law and local theory, and after gives his own observations concerning the relationship between this institute and measure of confiscation and links 'net' and 'gross' in the application of the principles of those Institutes. In the end, the author states in favor of the understanding of the institute forfeiture of assets derived from criminal acts, as sui generis measure.Autor najpre daje pregled najčešćih stavova o pravnoj prirodi instituta oduzimanja imovine proistekle iz krivičnog dela koja proizlaze iz prakse Evropskog suda za ljudska prava, kao i stavove zastupljene u uporedno-pravnoj i domaćoj teoriji, nakon čega iznosi vlastite opservacije koje se tiču odnosa ovog instituta s merom oduzimanja imovinske koristi i vezu 'neto' i 'br...
The author presents investigation as provided for in the criminal procedure legislation of Bosnia... more The author presents investigation as provided for in the criminal procedure legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Beside a number of theoretical issues related to the concept and aim of investigation, there is a brief account on the roles of prosecutor and judge in the preliminary inquiry (i.e. preliminary hearing). The central part of the paper focuses on the police as an active subject in charge of investigation, the powers and position of the police as compared to other participants at this stage of the preliminary inquiry. Finally, the closing part deals with legal provisions related to suspension and termination of the investigation.Autor u radu daje prikaz istrage u krivično-procesnom zakonodavstvu Bosne i Hercegovine. Osim nekoliko teorijskih pitanja koja se odnose na pojam i cilj istrage, u kratkim crtama je prikazan položaj i uloga tužioca i sudije za prethodni postupak (tj. sudije za prethodno saslušanje) u istrazi, dok je centralni deo rada posvećen policiji, kao aktivno...
In the introductory part of the paper the authors were involved in reviewing the problem of drug ... more In the introductory part of the paper the authors were involved in reviewing the problem of drug abuse and drug-related crimes as sociopathological phenomenon with a wide range of criminal consequences. They also give a brief overview of the genesis and development of the basic causes of the wide prevalence of this phenomenon in the society. After that there is a cohesive review of the factors of drug addiction and crime (primary, secondary and tertiary drug-related crime), while the central section is devoted to typology and characterization of persons in the sphere of drug-related crimes and their relation to the police, as one of the entities that are actively involved in combating this social evil.Autori se u uvodnom delu rada bave razmatranjem problema narkomanije i narkokriminala kao sociopatološke pojave sa širokim dijapazonom kriminalnih konsekvenci i daju kratku genezu razvoja i pregled osnovnih uzroka široke rasprostranjenosti ove pojave u našem društvu. Zatim sledi razmat...
The topic of this article is a critical analysis of professional issues in the investigation of t... more The topic of this article is a critical analysis of professional issues in the investigation of the concept of reform of the criminal procedure legislation in Serbia which is still ongoing. Underlying issues have been analyzed from three aspects. First, general comments about the investigation and its relevance to criminal proceedings are provided and within those the issues for a long period of criminal procedure discussed in theory and practice are specifically emphasized. For example, there is a case to investigate the relationship between the concept and its effectiveness and thus the efficiency of the process as a whole. The second aspect of analyzed issues consist of questions related to the concept of prosecutorial investigation as an essential feature of the process of reform of the criminal procedure legislation in Serbia, where arguments of prosecutorial justification of the concept of judicial investigation have primarily been analyzed along with the principles by which a...
The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts i... more The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts in an institutional manner, is increasing and complicating the police apparatus. However, in the context of dealing with activities aimed at gathering information and evidence related to criminal offenses, including offenses in the sphere of organized crime and corruption, and research trends of property acquired with those works, takes special attention to the role of the Criminal Investigation Department, or its organizational units specialized in the fight against organized crime, or other specialized bodies. The interactions of various factors within the police service and outside, which find the origin of activity in the same mission, are a potential source of disagreement, and it emphasizes the characteristics of the police profession, and the associated subculture. This paper analyzes the general characteristics of the police profession that can have repercussions on the efficiency...
U radu su u formi prethodnog saopštenja prikazan rezultati svojevrsnog virtuelnog eksperimenta, z... more U radu su u formi prethodnog saopštenja prikazan rezultati svojevrsnog virtuelnog eksperimenta, zasnovanog na realnim događanjima koji su usledili nakon fiktivnog predstavljanja na serveru za ćaskanje ’’Krstarica’’. Radi se o serveru koji tekstualnu komunikaciju korisnika obavlja putem IRC (Internet RelayChatting) protokola. U svrhe ovog istraživanja kreiran je virtuelni lik maloletne Beograđanke, čiji je nadimak sugerisao starost od 12 godina (Ana12BG). Posredstvom IRC-a, preko pomenutog servera, virtuelna Ana posećivala je sobe #teen, #krstarica i #beograd i čekala uspostavljanje komunikacije od strane drugih korisnika, među njima i potencijalnih pedofila. Tokom 100 časova provedenih na mreži usledilo je 617 poziva za komunikaciju, među kojima je preko 70% bilo seksualno orjentisanih. Značajan broj ovih korisnika nudilo je Ani pornografski materijal (24%) ili tražilo njene eksplicitne pornografske sadržaje (14%). Ovi podaci, kao i drugi izneti u radu, sugerišu da je internet medij...
This paper presents comparative analysis of the provisions which provide criminal legal protectio... more This paper presents comparative analysis of the provisions which provide criminal legal protection of motor vehicles in several European and ex-Yugoslavian legislations. Furthermore, the authors give short historical overview and current situation related to this issue in legislation of the Republic of Serbia. Also, they highlight several contested issues related to the practical enforcement of those provisions specifically in the work of the police and prosecution office. They point out to the unfortunate police practice in which the vehicle theft has almost without exception been qualified as unauthorized use of another's vehicle in the absence of evidence about the offender's intent. Accordingly, it has been asserted that those circumstances are particularly favourable to the offenders having considered the difference between sentences prescribed for this crime and that of serious theft and the real intent of the offenders which is usually focused on acquiring unlawful ma...
The paper first discusses the normative regulation of the raid, as a type of restriction of movem... more The paper first discusses the normative regulation of the raid, as a type of restriction of movement in a certain area, which is carried out by the police, and then this action is viewed as a criminalistic institute and its evolution is followed through scientific interest in the mentioned phenomenon. Frequent application of raids in domestic police practice could, at first glance, give it the epithet of a useful tool in the fight against crime. The author tried to examine this thesis through empirical research of raids in catering facilities on the territory of Serbia, conducted during 2017 and 2019, in which the sample consisted of a total of 738 respondents, 442 citizens and 296 members of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia. Parameters related to the preparation, objectives, implementation, outcomes and analysis of the conducted raids were analyzed by descriptive statistics, correlation method and interview, as well as the subjective feeling of respondents regardi...
Law making authorities have envisaged a possibility of trial in the absence of parties for less c... more Law making authorities have envisaged a possibility of trial in the absence of parties for less complex offences and less serious social threats, wherein the general form of proceedings would turn out to be too extensive and unnecessary. The objective of the paper is to establish to what extent this legal possibility is used in practice. Results of the research have shown that these legal provisions are seldom used in the absence of the accused and public prosecutor, and that during the period of time we observed, there was not a single case of the trial in the absence of a private prosecutor. This hampers the efforts to achieve better efficiency, which could result from a more frequent use of the abovementioned legal possibility.
The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts i... more The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts in an institutional manner, is increasing and complicating the police apparatus. However, in the context of dealing with activities aimed at gathering information and evidence related to criminal offenses, including offenses in the sphere of organized crime and corruption, and research trends of property acquired with those works, takes special attention to the role of the Criminal Investigation Department, or its organizational units specialized in the fight against organized crime, or other specialized bodies. The interactions of various factors within the police service and outside, which find the origin of activity in the same mission, are a potential source of disagreement, and it emphasizes the characteristics of the police profession, and the associated subculture. This paper analyzes the general characteristics of the police profession that can have repercussions on the efficiency...
The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law ... more The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law provides protection of motor vehicles and lists the problems encountered by the judiciary in the practical implementation of legal provisions. The central part of the paper focuses on the modus operandi of organized criminal groups engaged in the perpetration of such criminal acts, particularly in the organization and deployment of various electronic tools used to overcome electronic protection of modern vehicle makes. Finally, the authors emphasize the fact that investigative activities aimed at tracking down organized criminal groups and identifying the roles of their members call for an approach that differs from that used for detecting other criminal acts and point out to the main guidelines for police activities aimed at dealing with such cases.
The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in... more The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in the legislations of most developed European countries in the last decade of the 20th century, as an effective way of battling organized crime. In Serbian practice, this institute is relatively new; it has been recently introduced, by the relevant normative-legal framework which was adopted more than three years ago. The mentioned framework set up a special investigating entity, the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU), as the organizational unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which, under the formal command of the public prosecutor, is taking a wide range of measures and actions aimed at establishing the existence of 'criminal assets'. Within the powers available to the FIU, one can find mostly traditional, already known police powers along with somewhat adapted ones specific to financial investigation and designed to gather evidence or take actions that have only informal i...
The paper presents the results of a research related to the existence of stereotypes in connectio... more The paper presents the results of a research related to the existence of stereotypes in connection with sexual violence among the general population of Serbia, as well as among the students of the University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies in Belgrade (UCIPS). Bearing in mind that comparative studies testify to a high level the presence of stereotypes related to sexual violence, the researchers have attempted to establish whether there are any differences in understanding this issue among the above-mentioned categories of respondents, as some of them are prospective police officers, who will likely be in contact with the victims of sexual violence given the nature of their job. The focus was also on the differences in the manner of obtaining information about this phenomenon. The study encompassed a total of 310 respondents, out of whom 62 were the students of the UCIPS and 61 the students of other universities, whereas all others were above the student age. The data we...
The growing involvement of minors in drug-related crimes is a problem that our country has been s... more The growing involvement of minors in drug-related crimes is a problem that our country has been struggling with in recent years. First, it is necessary to point out the increase in the number of drug-related crimes in which juveniles appear in the role of perpetrators, which is the main goal of this paper. The need to highlight the increase in the number of criminal charges and convictions of juveniles for this group of crimes stems from the fact that in other categories of crimes there is a decrease in the number of juvenile offenders, and at the same time, in the group of crimes involving drug abuse the number of juvenile offenders is growing. A worrying circumstance is that juveniles keep pace with adult perpetrators of drug crimes, as in both categories there is a noticeable trend of increasing the representation of this group of crimes. Data from judicial statistics, imprimis of the Republic Bureau of Statistics, provide insight into the new state of juvenile drug crime, while ...
The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law ... more The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law provides protection of motor vehicles and lists the problems encountered by the judiciary in the practical implementation of legal provisions. The central part of the paper focuses on the modus operandi of organized criminal groups engaged in the perpetration of such criminal acts, particularly in the organization and deployment of various electronic tools used to overcome electronic protection of modern vehicle makes. Finally, the authors emphasize the fact that investigative activities aimed at tracking down organized criminal groups and identifying the roles of their members call for an approach that differs from that used for detecting other criminal acts and point out to the main guidelines for police activities aimed at dealing with such cases.U prvom delu rada autori ukazuju na normativno-pravni okvir kojim se obezbeđuje krivično-pravna zaštita motornih vozila i na probleme koji s...
The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in... more The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in the legislations of most developed European countries in the last decade of the 20th century, as an effective way of battling organized crime. In Serbian practice, this institute is relatively new; it has been recently introduced, by the relevant normative-legal framework which was adopted more than three years ago. The mentioned framework set up a special investigating entity, the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU), as the organizational unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which, under the formal command of the public prosecutor, is taking a wide range of measures and actions aimed at establishing the existence of 'criminal assets'. Within the powers available to the FIU, one can find mostly traditional, already known police powers along with somewhat adapted ones specific to financial investigation and designed to gather evidence or take actions that have only informal i...
Modern society is affected by the problem of drug addiction and drug crime on a global and nation... more Modern society is affected by the problem of drug addiction and drug crime on a global and national level, and the damaging consequences of drug abuse are extremely serious and widespread. The fact that minors are more often than before in the role of perpetrators of criminal acts related to narcotic drugs contributes to the additional seriousness of the overall situation. As the trend of drug crime among young people in the last few years indicates growing of this phenomenon in our society, the focus of our work will be determining the importance of certain factors on the perception of young people about drug crime. In order to achieve this task, we conducted a survey among high school students whose goal was to examine the influence of family environment and school environment factors, and also influence of certain media content on their perception of drug crime. A hundred students participated in this research. The research results show that the socio-demographic characteristics ...
At the beginning, the author provides an overview of the most common views on the legal nature of... more At the beginning, the author provides an overview of the most common views on the legal nature of the forfeiture of assets institute - derived from criminal acts, arising from the European Court of Human Rights, comparative law and local theory, and after gives his own observations concerning the relationship between this institute and measure of confiscation and links 'net' and 'gross' in the application of the principles of those Institutes. In the end, the author states in favor of the understanding of the institute forfeiture of assets derived from criminal acts, as sui generis measure.Autor najpre daje pregled najčešćih stavova o pravnoj prirodi instituta oduzimanja imovine proistekle iz krivičnog dela koja proizlaze iz prakse Evropskog suda za ljudska prava, kao i stavove zastupljene u uporedno-pravnoj i domaćoj teoriji, nakon čega iznosi vlastite opservacije koje se tiču odnosa ovog instituta s merom oduzimanja imovinske koristi i vezu 'neto' i 'br...
The author presents investigation as provided for in the criminal procedure legislation of Bosnia... more The author presents investigation as provided for in the criminal procedure legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Beside a number of theoretical issues related to the concept and aim of investigation, there is a brief account on the roles of prosecutor and judge in the preliminary inquiry (i.e. preliminary hearing). The central part of the paper focuses on the police as an active subject in charge of investigation, the powers and position of the police as compared to other participants at this stage of the preliminary inquiry. Finally, the closing part deals with legal provisions related to suspension and termination of the investigation.Autor u radu daje prikaz istrage u krivično-procesnom zakonodavstvu Bosne i Hercegovine. Osim nekoliko teorijskih pitanja koja se odnose na pojam i cilj istrage, u kratkim crtama je prikazan položaj i uloga tužioca i sudije za prethodni postupak (tj. sudije za prethodno saslušanje) u istrazi, dok je centralni deo rada posvećen policiji, kao aktivno...
In the introductory part of the paper the authors were involved in reviewing the problem of drug ... more In the introductory part of the paper the authors were involved in reviewing the problem of drug abuse and drug-related crimes as sociopathological phenomenon with a wide range of criminal consequences. They also give a brief overview of the genesis and development of the basic causes of the wide prevalence of this phenomenon in the society. After that there is a cohesive review of the factors of drug addiction and crime (primary, secondary and tertiary drug-related crime), while the central section is devoted to typology and characterization of persons in the sphere of drug-related crimes and their relation to the police, as one of the entities that are actively involved in combating this social evil.Autori se u uvodnom delu rada bave razmatranjem problema narkomanije i narkokriminala kao sociopatološke pojave sa širokim dijapazonom kriminalnih konsekvenci i daju kratku genezu razvoja i pregled osnovnih uzroka široke rasprostranjenosti ove pojave u našem društvu. Zatim sledi razmat...
The topic of this article is a critical analysis of professional issues in the investigation of t... more The topic of this article is a critical analysis of professional issues in the investigation of the concept of reform of the criminal procedure legislation in Serbia which is still ongoing. Underlying issues have been analyzed from three aspects. First, general comments about the investigation and its relevance to criminal proceedings are provided and within those the issues for a long period of criminal procedure discussed in theory and practice are specifically emphasized. For example, there is a case to investigate the relationship between the concept and its effectiveness and thus the efficiency of the process as a whole. The second aspect of analyzed issues consist of questions related to the concept of prosecutorial investigation as an essential feature of the process of reform of the criminal procedure legislation in Serbia, where arguments of prosecutorial justification of the concept of judicial investigation have primarily been analyzed along with the principles by which a...
The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts i... more The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts in an institutional manner, is increasing and complicating the police apparatus. However, in the context of dealing with activities aimed at gathering information and evidence related to criminal offenses, including offenses in the sphere of organized crime and corruption, and research trends of property acquired with those works, takes special attention to the role of the Criminal Investigation Department, or its organizational units specialized in the fight against organized crime, or other specialized bodies. The interactions of various factors within the police service and outside, which find the origin of activity in the same mission, are a potential source of disagreement, and it emphasizes the characteristics of the police profession, and the associated subculture. This paper analyzes the general characteristics of the police profession that can have repercussions on the efficiency...
U radu su u formi prethodnog saopštenja prikazan rezultati svojevrsnog virtuelnog eksperimenta, z... more U radu su u formi prethodnog saopštenja prikazan rezultati svojevrsnog virtuelnog eksperimenta, zasnovanog na realnim događanjima koji su usledili nakon fiktivnog predstavljanja na serveru za ćaskanje ’’Krstarica’’. Radi se o serveru koji tekstualnu komunikaciju korisnika obavlja putem IRC (Internet RelayChatting) protokola. U svrhe ovog istraživanja kreiran je virtuelni lik maloletne Beograđanke, čiji je nadimak sugerisao starost od 12 godina (Ana12BG). Posredstvom IRC-a, preko pomenutog servera, virtuelna Ana posećivala je sobe #teen, #krstarica i #beograd i čekala uspostavljanje komunikacije od strane drugih korisnika, među njima i potencijalnih pedofila. Tokom 100 časova provedenih na mreži usledilo je 617 poziva za komunikaciju, među kojima je preko 70% bilo seksualno orjentisanih. Značajan broj ovih korisnika nudilo je Ani pornografski materijal (24%) ili tražilo njene eksplicitne pornografske sadržaje (14%). Ovi podaci, kao i drugi izneti u radu, sugerišu da je internet medij...
This paper presents comparative analysis of the provisions which provide criminal legal protectio... more This paper presents comparative analysis of the provisions which provide criminal legal protection of motor vehicles in several European and ex-Yugoslavian legislations. Furthermore, the authors give short historical overview and current situation related to this issue in legislation of the Republic of Serbia. Also, they highlight several contested issues related to the practical enforcement of those provisions specifically in the work of the police and prosecution office. They point out to the unfortunate police practice in which the vehicle theft has almost without exception been qualified as unauthorized use of another's vehicle in the absence of evidence about the offender's intent. Accordingly, it has been asserted that those circumstances are particularly favourable to the offenders having considered the difference between sentences prescribed for this crime and that of serious theft and the real intent of the offenders which is usually focused on acquiring unlawful ma...
The paper first discusses the normative regulation of the raid, as a type of restriction of movem... more The paper first discusses the normative regulation of the raid, as a type of restriction of movement in a certain area, which is carried out by the police, and then this action is viewed as a criminalistic institute and its evolution is followed through scientific interest in the mentioned phenomenon. Frequent application of raids in domestic police practice could, at first glance, give it the epithet of a useful tool in the fight against crime. The author tried to examine this thesis through empirical research of raids in catering facilities on the territory of Serbia, conducted during 2017 and 2019, in which the sample consisted of a total of 738 respondents, 442 citizens and 296 members of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia. Parameters related to the preparation, objectives, implementation, outcomes and analysis of the conducted raids were analyzed by descriptive statistics, correlation method and interview, as well as the subjective feeling of respondents regardi...
Law making authorities have envisaged a possibility of trial in the absence of parties for less c... more Law making authorities have envisaged a possibility of trial in the absence of parties for less complex offences and less serious social threats, wherein the general form of proceedings would turn out to be too extensive and unnecessary. The objective of the paper is to establish to what extent this legal possibility is used in practice. Results of the research have shown that these legal provisions are seldom used in the absence of the accused and public prosecutor, and that during the period of time we observed, there was not a single case of the trial in the absence of a private prosecutor. This hampers the efforts to achieve better efficiency, which could result from a more frequent use of the abovementioned legal possibility.
The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts i... more The overall progress of society, as well as socially damaging phenomena which society confronts in an institutional manner, is increasing and complicating the police apparatus. However, in the context of dealing with activities aimed at gathering information and evidence related to criminal offenses, including offenses in the sphere of organized crime and corruption, and research trends of property acquired with those works, takes special attention to the role of the Criminal Investigation Department, or its organizational units specialized in the fight against organized crime, or other specialized bodies. The interactions of various factors within the police service and outside, which find the origin of activity in the same mission, are a potential source of disagreement, and it emphasizes the characteristics of the police profession, and the associated subculture. This paper analyzes the general characteristics of the police profession that can have repercussions on the efficiency...
The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law ... more The first part of the paper outlines the normative and legal framework within which criminal law provides protection of motor vehicles and lists the problems encountered by the judiciary in the practical implementation of legal provisions. The central part of the paper focuses on the modus operandi of organized criminal groups engaged in the perpetration of such criminal acts, particularly in the organization and deployment of various electronic tools used to overcome electronic protection of modern vehicle makes. Finally, the authors emphasize the fact that investigative activities aimed at tracking down organized criminal groups and identifying the roles of their members call for an approach that differs from that used for detecting other criminal acts and point out to the main guidelines for police activities aimed at dealing with such cases.
The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in... more The confiscation of crime-acquired assets, as an anti-crime measure has found full recognition in the legislations of most developed European countries in the last decade of the 20th century, as an effective way of battling organized crime. In Serbian practice, this institute is relatively new; it has been recently introduced, by the relevant normative-legal framework which was adopted more than three years ago. The mentioned framework set up a special investigating entity, the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU), as the organizational unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which, under the formal command of the public prosecutor, is taking a wide range of measures and actions aimed at establishing the existence of 'criminal assets'. Within the powers available to the FIU, one can find mostly traditional, already known police powers along with somewhat adapted ones specific to financial investigation and designed to gather evidence or take actions that have only informal i...
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