Actual problems of conducting operational search activities aimed at uncovering public calls for terrorist activities via the Internet

Over the past few years, there has been a steady increase in crimes under Article 205.2  of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. For this reason, there was a need to improve  the methodology of conducting operational investigative measures based on in-depth studies of  the mechanism of committing the investigated criminal act, which is inherent today.

 First of all, it is necessary to analyze the composition of public calls for terrorist activities, public justifications of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism, identify its distinctive features from related criminal acts and give it an operational investigative characteristic.

 Further, the authors of the article propose for consideration those operational investigative measures that, in their opinion, are more effective in solving the specified crime.

Taking into account the fact that most of the public calls for terrorist activities are committed  on the Internet, it becomes relevant to develop innovative computer programs that allow  monitoring a huge flow of information in order to identify signs of the criminal act in question.  At the same time, it is important not only to identify information about the facts of the crime, but  to carry out surveillance within the framework of operational investigative measures for the user of a certain site, in order to obtain his image, determine his location and bring him to criminal  responsibility.

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