THE ORGANIZATION OF SEARCH ACTIVITY OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES (FOREIGN EXPERIENCE)
Search activity as an independent field of work plays a significant role in the fight against crime. Nowadays active counteraction to crime investigation becomes almost an everyday occurrence. And concealing a person from investigative authorities and trial is one of its most wide spread methods, that contributes to the violation of the principle of unavoidability of punishment, appearance of latent crimes and recidivism, formation of an opinion on worthlessness of law enforcement authorities among certain persons, generating their sense of anxiety, impunity and all permissiveness, thus impeding the formation of a healthy moral-psychological climate in the society. And the condition of being a missing person should signify accidents, suicide or criminal circumstances. Further improvement of the search activity presupposes comparative law analysis and study of the foreign experience of its organization and tactics. The article researches legislative regulation of the search activity of law enforcement authorities in the CIS and Baltic states, analyzes peculiarities of organizing this area of fight against crime in such global community countries, as Austria, Great Britain, Germany, India, PRC, the Saudi Arabia, France, and Japan.