Comparative Legal Aspects of Carrying out Investigative Actions and Law Enforcement Operations in International Criminal Prosecution

The aim of the study is to develop the theoretical foundations of international criminal prosecution of members of cross-border criminal organisations, to develop proposals for improving the criminal, criminal procedure and operative-investigative laws governing this activity, as well as to improve cooperation with foreign authorised law enforcement agencies in this area at the national, su-pranational and international levels. To reach the aim, a comparative legal study of the main investigative actions in Russia and foreign countries was made. The research methods are: comparative-legal, formal-logical, analytical, method of comparative law, sys-tem analysis of prosecutorial, investigative, operative-investigative practices. The practice of operative and special services’ use of undercover forces, means and methods in the fight against organised crime in different countries, with undercover agents playing an important role in this sphere, was compared. In connection with the difficulties arising from the use of the results of operative-investigative