Special aspects of seizure in criminal cases concerned with production and traffic of forged pharmaceuticals

Organized character of criminal activity in the sphere of illegal pharmaceutical business, attempts to resist the investigation, questionable reliability of testimony as evidence actualize the necessity to address to the tactical and criminalistic potential of investigatory actions related to the physically fixed reflection of evidence, in which seizure has significant meaning. Analysis of grounds and conditions of search and seizure shows the unity of tactical and criminalistic nature of search and seizure, that is why it is requested to decide what type of the named investigatory actions should be used. Although search is proposed to use greater variety of tactical techniques in comparison with seizure, it is erroneous to underestimate the tactical potential of seizure for getting evidence on the criminal case of a given category. Research of empiric resources allowed to separate most common places for seizure and typical objects in this type of cases. In the condition of tactically right use of seizure, realization of this investigatory action is a highly effective measure of evidence in cases of producing and traffic of forged pharmaceuticals. Reduced range of tactical techniques of seizure is based on the primary choice of this investigatory action in situations characterized with a minimal degree of conflicts, the result of this action is procedural economy. Similar to search, seizure is a part of the tactical technique on disclosure of criminal activity, it should have a sudden character for a person who has documents and objects important for investigation. It is essential to use a more detailed concept to choose the place, time and other conditions of seizure. When planning efficient tactical combination as a complex of related and interdependent investigatory actions and measures, it is essential to use the tactical potential of seizure, including parallel and simultaneous seizure in different places together with search of houses of accomplices who are members of an organized criminal group engaged in producing and traffic of forged pharmaceuticals.

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