ON THE NEW CONCEPT IN THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL SEARCH
Authors:   Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service (Moscow, Russian Federation), Grigoriev Victor N. , Zaitsev Oleg A. ,   Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russian Federation), Tarasov Maksim Yu. ,   Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Published: May 2021

When considering the international search as a form of law enforcement activities of the state in the field of crime-fighting, the authors note the diversity of its concepts – the main viewpoints on the research and guiding ideas for its systematic coverage. The analysis based on the results of various scientific studies enabled them to single out several concepts, where the international search is considered as one of the areas in the joint struggle of states against crime; the institute for interstate cooperation in combating crime; the search for criminally obtained items; scientific and technical support for international search; legal aid in criminal cases. The above concepts of international search have been sufficiently developed, both in general and in terms of individual issues and details. Against this background, there is less research on the more applied issues of international search, and its system and system links in particular. They can be combined by the idea of carrying out an international search to ensure the inevi-tability of punishment. The very interpretation (concept) can be defined as a set of theoretical provisions ensuring the implementation of the inevitability of punishment for those accused, defendants and convicts who hide from the Russian authorities of criminal prosecution, courts or execution of punishment abroad. The content of the concept under consideration is determined by the view on the interna-tional search for a person for arrest and extradition for prosecution or execution of a sentence as a means of realizing the inevitability of liability. Such a view dictates the need to overcome the stereotypes in science and to include into the international search system all the actions that are taken by law enforcement agencies to arrest and extradite a fugitive for criminal prose-cution or execution of a sentence. The international search for a person for arrest and extradition for prosecution or execu-tion of a sentence is a complex of various legal acts undertaken by different subjects. An in-ternational search notice for a person, the detention of an international wanted person, his arrest and extradition (extradition), as well as the termination on appropriate grounds, accom-panied by a documentary, digital and other fixation in the established form, united by the general focus i.e. the search for the person hiding abroad to arrest and extradite him for criminal prosecution or execution of a sentence – all these actions form a dynamic system. Such a view on the international search reflects a generalized theoretical model, which gives a full picture of the system of activities for the search of the hiding accused, defendant or convict and the dynamics of its separate elements, is an effective means for identifying the gaps in the legislative regulation and deciding the contentious theoretical and practical issues of search activities.