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Since November 27, 2017, members of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities - representatives of the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs have been participating in a five-day training on the detection, prevention and investigation of crimes related to human trafficking committed with the use of information technologies. The training is taking place at the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs within the framework of the project “Strengthening the Criminal Prosecution of Human Trafficking with the Use of Information Technologies in Ukraine” and is conducted with the participation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the OSCE Mission, the Government of Canada, and the British Embassy in Ukraine. The training for trainers on teaching the topic of investigating crimes of human trafficking was attended by representatives of higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Police Academy, representatives of the Canadian Police, the Canadian Police Mission in Kyiv, the OSCE, and the National Project Specialist of the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine. The representatives from the university were: Candidate of Law, Police Major Karen Ismailov, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Police Lieutenant Colonel Artem Shelekhov, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Police Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Kornienko. Such trainings provide an opportunity for teachers of universities with specific training conditions to gain new knowledge and skills that will improve the quality of training of future law enforcement officers and will be applied by them in their professional activities.

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for European Integration Anastasia Deyeva noted that the issues of combating human trafficking are extremely urgent. With the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation in cyberspace, new tools for committing these types of crimes appear, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Social Policy have joined forces to counteract this phenomenon. “I want the training to help you pay attention to new aspects of combating crimes related to human trafficking,” noted Anastasia Deyeva. “The police are the first link that everyone relies on. A lot depends on how you motivate people during the trainings, convey information to them, and what to focus their attention on so that they recognize and prevent these types of crimes. It is very important to improve inter-sectoral interactions with the prosecutor's office, the court, the Ministry of Social Policy, and public organizations to carry out preventive work and develop an effective response mechanism to combat human trafficking crimes. "During the training, future trainers will have the opportunity not only to gain new knowledge, but also to share their own experience with colleagues.

A new educational publication authored by members of the Association has been published, dedicated to the problematic issues of organizational and tactical aspects of interaction between units of the National Police of Ukraine in combating crime:

Interaction of pre-trial investigation bodies with other bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine in preventing, detecting and investigating crimes: a textbook / V.E. Tarasenko, D.V. Golovin, O.V. Polishchuk. – Odesa: ODUVS, 2017. – 104 p.

The textbook reveals the organizational and tactical principles of interaction between pre-trial investigation bodies with other bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine in combating crime. Important attention is focused on the peculiarities of interaction when receiving statements and reports about crimes to the police body and responding to them, during the pre-trial investigation of criminal proceedings and at the stage of their trial.

The manual is designed for cadets and students of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and practical employees of law enforcement agencies.

2017-2018 has been designated as the Ukrainian-German Year of Languages. The decision to hold the Ukrainian-German Year of Languages ​​was made in 2016 by the Foreign Ministers of both countries in order to deepen mutual trust and friendship between Germany and Ukraine 25 years after the beginning of diplomatic relations, as well as to further develop cooperation in the fields of education and culture. The grand opening took place as part of the joint Festival of Language and Culture in September 2017 in Kyiv. The Joint Year of Languages ​​will end in the summer of 2018 with the holding of an international Educational Congress. Throughout the year, language and literature will become platforms for the transmission of modern culture, educational standards and European values.

The organizers of the Ukrainian-German Year of Languages ​​2017-2018 are the Federal Foreign Office, the German Embassy in Ukraine and the Goethe-Institut in Ukraine (project coordination) in agreement with the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. When planning and implementing projects and events, close cooperation is maintained with other German cultural and language organizations in Ukraine, as well as with Ukrainian partners who are part of their extensive network. The goal of the Ukrainian-German Year of Languages ​​is to deepen existing cooperation between educational and cultural institutions of both countries and to launch new long-term partnerships and projects.

The members of the Association made their contribution to the celebration of the Year of Languages. This step was the release of a new reference publication:

Ukrainian-German phrasebook for police officers / S. V. Albul, A. G. Bochevar. – Odesa: ODUVS, 2017. + CD.

The Ukrainian-German phrasebook is designed primarily for people who do not speak German, but it can also be useful for those who studied the language at school, institute, on courses or independently. The structure of the phrasebook consists of six sections: "Acquaintance, contacts", "National Police of Ukraine", "In the city", "Road and traffic situations", "Armament", "Services, recreation", "Common expressions". The phrasebook is designed for employees of the National Police of Ukraine who have difficulties communicating with foreign citizens who are on the territory of our state. The phrasebook is compiled according to the problem principle, contains the most common phrases for communication and solving professional tasks.

The phrasebook is supplemented with a CD with video materials in German.

The phrasebook will be useful for employees of the National Police, cadets and teachers of educational institutions with specific conditions of study of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and everyone who is interested in the German language.

As part of the ongoing cooperation of the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs with the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine, from November 6 to 10, 2017, the university will host a training course on criminal analysis with the participation of foreign specialists.

Foreign trainers are Romanian analysts: Vlad Olaru, Paul Marcus, Bogdan Ditu, Viorel Mihaita, as well as specialized specialists from the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine:

— Tommy Peippo, Criminal Investigation Advisor/Trainer, EUAM;

— Bohdan Denysenko, EUAM Specialist Law Enforcement Officer;

— Oleksandr Bondarev, EUAM Specialist Law Enforcement Officer.

The purpose of the training is to conduct the following courses for specialists of the National Police and other state bodies of Ukraine: "Operational Analysis"; "Tactical Analysis"; "Strategic and Risk Analysis", "Open Source Analysis".

The training will be attended by employees of the Main Police Department in the Odessa region, representatives of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, as well as Vladislav Kozhuhar, Deputy Head of the Information Analysis Center of the National Investigation Inspectorate of the General Inspectorate of Police of the Republic of Moldova. Members of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities will also participate in the training.

After completing the courses, all participants of the training will receive an international certificate.

In order to consolidate the efforts of scientists and practitioners aimed at combating crime by means of operational and investigative activities, to implement the results of scientific and research work of the Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs into the practical activities of the National Police of Ukraine and into the educational process of the university, on October 20, 2017, the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference “Operational and Investigative Activities of the National Police: Problems of Theory and Practice” was held, organized by the Department of Operational and Investigative Activities and Special Techniques of the Faculty of Training of Specialists for Criminal Police Units. The co-organizer of the conference was the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine.

The purpose of the conference was to find ways to improve the operational and investigative activities of the National Police and combat crime by operational and investigative means.

The conference was attended by 86 law enforcement officers and court officials, research and higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, including one representative of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; 2 representatives of the Interdepartmental Research Center for Combating Organized Crime under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine; 28 practitioners of the National Police of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, and 55 researchers and academics from the National Academy of the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine named after B. Khmelnytsky, the University of Customs and Finance, the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, etc.

The conference organizing committee received 57 abstracts of reports that were published in collections of open and closed press.

During the conference, the following issues were considered: 1) modern problems of the theory of operational and investigative activities; 2) observance of human rights during operational and investigative activities and the implementation of covert investigative (search) actions; 3) organization of the work of criminal police units; 4) legal and informational and analytical support for operational and investigative activities of the National Police; 5) current problems of conducting operational and technical measures and the use of special equipment during operational and investigative counteraction to crimes; 6) operational and investigative counteraction to certain types of crimes; 7) interaction of operational units with other police units and law enforcement agencies during the counteraction to crimes; 8) current problems of conducting covert investigative (search) actions.

The conference concluded with the adoption by the participants of the Recommendations of the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Operational and Investigative Activities of the National Police Bodies: Problems of Theory and Practice", in which, based on the results of the conference, a number of important proposals were identified for improving the activities of the National Police of Ukraine and current regulatory legal acts aimed at combating crime.

From October 2 to October 13, a training on criminal analysis was held for employees of the National Police of Ukraine and employees of higher educational institutions with specific training conditions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine with the participation of foreign specialists from the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine.

On behalf of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities, the head of the Department of Criminology, Forensic Medicine and Psychiatry, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor Zayets Oleksandr Mykhailovych, conducted advanced training.

The foreign trainers this time were Alina Aruxandei, Razvan Ilie, Valentin Manea, Viorel Mihaita, Vlad Olaru and Florin Soparla from Romania, as well as specialized specialists from the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine.

The event studied the application of strategic analysis, open source analysis, risk analysis and the use of analytical tools in practical activities.

On October 20, 2017, the Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, together with the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine, is holding the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference “Operational and Investigative Activities of the National Police: Problems of Theory and Practice”.

The work of the conference is planned in the following areas:

• modern problems of the theory of operational and investigative activities;
• observance of human rights during operational and investigative activities and the implementation of covert investigative (search) actions;
• organization of the work of criminal police units;
• legal and informational and analytical support for operational and investigative activities of the National Police;
• current problems of conducting operational and technical measures and the use of special equipment during operational and investigative counteraction to crimes;
• operational and investigative counteraction to certain types of crimes;
• interaction of operational units with other police units and law enforcement agencies during the counteraction to crimes;
• current problems of conducting covert investigative (search) actions.

Working language of the conference: Ukrainian.

Scientific and pedagogical workers, adjuncts dealing with problems of operational and investigative activities, practical workers of operational units of law enforcement agencies are invited to participate in the conference. Preliminary publication of the conference materials in collections of open and closed press is envisaged. Requirements for the preparation of abstracts of reports (messages) are attached.

In order to timely form the conference program and publish materials, it is necessary to send an application for participation in the conference (form attached) and abstracts of reports to the organizing committee no later than October 12, 2017.

Applications for participation in the conference and abstracts of reports should be sent to the address: 49005, Dnipro, Gagarina Ave., 26, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Department of Operational and Investigative Activities and Special Equipment. Open materials can also be duplicated by e-mail: kirichenkooleg75@ukr.net; d_sanakoyev@ukr.net

Phone number of the Department of Operational and Investigative Activities and Special Equipment of the Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs – (056-2) 31-72-56.

The Odessa State University of Internal Affairs held a training course on "Criminal Intelligence: Components of the Process of Collection, Evaluation, Data Arrangement, and Logical Justification."

Training within the framework of the academic discipline "Information and Telecommunication Systems" on the topic "Criminal Intelligence: Components of the Process of Collection, Evaluation, Data Arrangement, Logical Justification" brings the educational process closer to the needs of practical units of the National Police of Ukraine and improves the practical skills of future law enforcement officers through additional study of the criminal analysis process, namely: the algorithm for compiling schemes of events, actions, and analysis of telephone numbers.

Thus, during the discussion of the features of constructing schemes of the sequence of events, a plot was considered on the possible establishment of such a type of criminal activity as “covering up”. The cadets vividly expressed their vision of the solution to the exercise and came to the conclusion that the scheme of events should be developed at an early stage of the analysis of a multi-episode event to clarify the timing of the events taking place and their interrelationship.

In addition to university representatives, the training was attended by a foreign guest from the "Police Exchange Program 2017" of the European Police College (CEPOL) - Lieutenant of the Spanish Civil Guard Patricia Angulo Llanos.

In general, the training participants learned about the nature and weaknesses of organized crime, acquired the skills necessary to analyze large amounts of information from various sources and form a high-quality report, which will certainly help them in their future work in law enforcement agencies to combat crime.

On June 1, 2017, a roundtable meeting “Theoretical and Practical Problems of the Functioning of Individual Institutions of Criminal Proceedings” was held at the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs with the participation of members of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities.

Scientists, associate professors (postgraduate students), masters, practical law enforcement officers, and employees of the education system who are conducting scientific research in their field of work or are interested in the topic of the event were invited to participate.

It should be noted that the legislator’s positive efforts to introduce international legal standards into the field of criminal justice simultaneously encounter today’s realities: imperfection of legislation, organizational problems, namely: interaction between various subjects of criminal proceedings, etc.

Therefore, for the effective protection of the individual, society and the state from criminal offenses, a number of provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine require a balanced interpretation, the formation of a common understanding and, if necessary, improvement.

Thus, for more effective law enforcement activities, it was proposed to conduct a comprehensive study of the problems:

Regulatory regulation:

— the procedure for serving a person with a notice of suspicion;

— the detention of a person without a decision of the investigating judge;

— conducting operational and investigative activities for crimes for which criminal proceedings are suspended;

— the terms for conducting assigned examinations.

2. Powers of criminal police officers in the investigation of criminal offenses.

Organization of interaction between pre-trial investigation bodies and operational units regarding the conduct of covert investigative (search) actions within the framework of criminal proceedings.

3. Interaction of pre-trial investigation bodies with other bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine in the prevention, detection and investigation of crimes.
4. Based on the results of the roundtable, priority aspects of the discussed problem and ways to solve them scientifically were identified.

A new textbook prepared by members of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities has been published:

The Role of the Criminal Investigation Officer in Pre-Trial Investigation: A Textbook / S.V. Albul, R.V. Mukoida, D.O. Nozdrin; General Editor S.V. Albula. – Odesa: ODUVS, 2017. – 150 p. (Series: Theory and Practice of ORD).

The manual addresses issues related to the interaction of operational units of the National Police of Ukraine with pre-trial investigation bodies, the organization of interaction of criminal investigation units with pre-trial investigation bodies upon receipt of applications and reports on criminal offenses, the organization of interaction when the criminal investigation unit sends materials on the results of operational and investigative activities to the investigative unit, the organization of the work of the investigative and operational group during the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses and the execution by operational criminal investigation officers of written instructions on conducting investigative (search) actions and covert investigative (search) actions during the pre-trial investigation.

The manual will be useful for students of initial professional training centers for police officers who are first accepted into the police service as criminal investigation officers, employees of practical units of the National Police of Ukraine, as well as cadets, students and teachers of educational institutions that provide training, retraining and advanced training for police officers.