Judicial Examinations in the Investigation of Crimes in the Field of Public Procurements

Abstract

The main form of use of special knowledge in the investigation of crimes in the field of public procurements is judicial examination, which is intended to establish the circumstances relevant to criminal proceedings, when this requires special knowledge. In order to obtain evidence of a crime in the field of public procurements, there is often a need for forensic examinations: accounting, commodity, document examination, computer and technical examination, etc. During the pre-trial investigation of crimes in the field of public procurements, it may be necessary to examine the documents of enterprises - from statutory to documents on current activities. The expert is obliged to personally conduct a full study and give a reasoned and objective written opinion on the questions asked. The list of questions depends on the objects of technical examination of documents. Thus, the objects of examination in the investigation of crimes in the field of public procurements can be paper documents, technical means of making documents and document materials. The diagnostic and identification tasks and the list of questions to be solved depend on the objects of examination. Of course, the peculiarities of each type of examination are due to the specificity of the objects of study, reflecting the circumstances of the crime. Most often, the evidence found by experts becomes the main in the pre-trial investigation of crimes in the field of public procurements.