The Current Situation Concerning Investigative and Operational Search Powers of a Crime Investigator in Criminal Proceedings in the Former Soviet Union

This article studies legal situation concerning the use of operational search activity results in criminal trial and, namely, the procedure of execution of crime investigator’s investigative and operational search powers within the framework of criminal procedure legislation of the former Soviet Union (in the case of Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan). This study will allow gaining greater insight into the essence and prospects of further development of criminal proceeding in the context of modernization of the criminal justice system and its bringing to conformity with the international standards in the Republic of Kazakhstan. On January, 1, 2015 the new Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan is put into force. One of its key innovations is Chapter 30 regulating undisclosed investigative activities. Thus, this article studies the legal situation concerning the use of operational search activity results which according to the new Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan represent undisclosed investigative activities. On the basis of the study carried out the author has found out certain problems to be solved in the short term, has developed his own viewpoint and offered certain proposals concerning some points at issue.