Research Articles Issue 2 · 2024 · pp. 35–43 · Issue page

SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF COMBATING MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE WORK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES

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1 University lecturer Vasile Catalin GOLOP PhD, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Police Academy, Bucharest
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Received 30 August 2024
Revised 5 October 2024
Accepted 11 November 2024
Available Online 15 November 2024
THE ARTICLE EXPLORES CRITICAL ASPECTS IN COMBATING MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WITH A FOCUS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS, EMPHASIZING METHODS FOR INFILTRATING AND DISMANTLING CRIMINAL NETWORKS INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING. EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION IS ADDRESSED, ILLUSTRATING HOW SECURE HANDLING AND CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ARE ESSENTIAL IN PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS. THE ARTICLE FURTHER CATEGORIZES CRIMINAL GROUPS BASED ON THEIR STRUCTURE, MODUS OPERANDI, AND ADAPTABILITY IN RESPONSE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TACTICS. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE ROLE OF UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATORS IN GATHERING CRUCIAL EVIDENCE, WITH DETAILED ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE ADMISSIBILITY STANDARDS AND THE PROTOCOLS FOR DOCUMENTING INTERACTIONS WITHIN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. THESE COMBINED APPROACHES UNDERSCORE THE COMPLEXITY OF ANTI -TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS AND THE NECESSARY PRECISION IN HANDLING INTELLIGENCE TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS AND VICTIM RESCUE.
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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Art 148 para. 1 Code of Criminal Procedure - Use of undercover or real identity investigators and collaborators
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Art 148 para. 1lit. a), b), c) Code of Criminal Procedure - Use of undercover or real identity investigators and collaborators
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Art 148 para. 4 Code of Criminal Procedure - Use of undercover or real identity investigators and collaborators
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Art. 101 para. 3 Criminal Procedure Code - Principle of loyalty of evidence
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Art 148 para. 3 Code of Criminal Procedure - Use of undercover or real identity investigators and collaborators
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"The undercover investigator collects data and information on the basis of the order issued pursuant to para. (1) -(3), which he shall place, in its entirety, at the disposal of the prosecutor conducting or supervising the criminal prosecution, drawing up a report."
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Information obtained on the basis of discussions with a judicial police worker from a structure specialized in undercover investigators
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Data and information obtained from specialized anti -trafficking structures following the completion of a criminal case involving undercover investigators, real -identity investigators and an authorized collaborator.