Russian private detectives want to revive detectives in Russia

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Russian private detectives want to revive detective agencies in Russia.
The Association of Russian Detectives (ARD) intends to submit it to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in early 2011 new bill of the Russian Federation "On private detective work." “We are not satisfied with the current law“ On Private Detective and Security Activities, ”it creates a lot of problems in our work, because it concerns two completely different types of activity. In fact, “the hedgehog was crossed with a snake,” said Alexei Shcherbenev, president of the Association of Russian Detectives NP at a press conference on Tuesday during the break of the XIII International Scientific and Practical Conference of the ARD, which runs from June 28 to July 2 in Kazan (Tatarstan). According to him, the Association is preparing the concept of a new law, which will regulate only private detective activities. As expected, the bill "On Private Detective Activity" will be submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in early 2011. In the concept, in particular, detectives will make proposals to return the norm to detective agencies (canceled from January 1, 2010, according to Federal Law-272 of December 22, 2008). “Before the cancellation, 200 detective agencies worked quite successfully in Russia, now only about 1,500 private detectives work, but this is very small for Russia. Moreover, large companies do not want to deal with a private investigator, they are more comfortable working with an agency, and a detective alone can not always cope with the amount of work even within the framework of one order, ”explained the President of the ARD. In addition, the bill will spell out the norm on the possibility of private detectives receiving information from official bodies. “Now only personal contacts help us out, but we believe that there should be a mutual exchange of information. It will be useful for law enforcement bodies, for example, ”said the President of the ARD. The bill will also reflect a system of control over the activities of private detectives and agencies. “With the abolition of detective agencies, it is very difficult for the state to control a private investigator who is registered at his home address: go find him (a detective),” Shcherbenev explained. At the conference, participants plan to approve the Code of Corporate Ethics, which will be adopted at the next conference in the fall of 2010 in Tomsk, begin work on the creation of the ARD museum at its headquarters in Novosibirsk, and also announce the Detective of 2010 contest, the results of which will be announced in November. Members of the Association of Russian Detectives are members of the World Association of Detectives, the World Network of Detectives, the International Police Association, and the International Security Association, Interfax reports.

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

Re: Russian detectives want to revive detective agencies in the Russian Federation Thank you!

 

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Re: Russian detectives want to revive detective agencies in the Russian Federation Yes, it would be nice to reflect in the new law the moments of contact (official cooperation) between government services and detective agencies. And the current law is really "castrated" -read, horrified.

 

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Private investigators seek justice for lawmakers. The investigation is conducted ... Private investigators seek justice for lawmakers. Only age agrees with Holmes and Poirot. Modern private investigators are professionals: pensioners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as former employees of other law enforcement agencies. Yesterday, an international conference of the Russian Association of Detectives opened in Kazan, which brought together more than fifty male detectives and four women. ... At the venue of the visiting "investigative measures" one could meet cars from Moscow, Saransk, Chelyabinsk, Ufa ... Judging by the presented models, detectives prefer foreign SUVs. The black "Hammer" number 777 became the king of the parking lot, at which private detectives from Yekaterinburg arrived in Kazan. Foreign guests arrived in Tatarstan by air. “For criminals there are no borders, no laws, no nationalities - that means we need to unite,” says Estonian Veiko Kulla, explaining his interest in this meeting to a VK correspondent. Acquaintance with the star and the search for the Order of the Red Banner According to official figures, there are few detectives in Russia, about a thousand people work under license. The youngest is Ufa’s Ilya Setchikov, he is 26 years old. Having finished law school, the guy worked as an investigator in the prosecutor's office and four years ago went into private business: - I remember the first thing well. A Japanese citizen turned to us in search of his Russian wife and two children, whom she took with her. He turned to our state bodies and, having achieved nothing, came to us. Then it took us a month to search (now I could have done it in a week): we tracked down the rented apartment where she was hiding, presented to the customer photos of the children, and received a fee. And he offered us to steal them! .. We couldn’t do that. The most romantic task for a young detective was the request of one of the clients to arrange an acquaintance with a popular radio host. And on the weekdays of a private investigation, one can include the search for property, checking competitors of companies and personnel, working with unfaithful husbands and wives, collecting information about children’s hobbies for children (drugs, gambling, sects) and searching for missing people. Unlike police officers, private traders have more time for this work: one detective - one order. In the framework of cooperation with the television project "Wait for me", the team of Muscovite Oleg Zimin found more than 100 people! When asked about the “wanted” rates, professionals say that you can determine costs only by getting started, but they note that in Kazan this service costs from 10 thousand rubles and more. Unfortunately, the Association of Russian Detectives (ARD) does not yet maintain general success statistics. “Recently, two of our detectives received an award from the military commissar for the fact that they could find the family of the deceased hero in Novosibirsk by the number of the Order of the Red Banner in the Kaliningrad Region, and they did it completely for free,” said ARD President Alexei Shcherbenev at the conference. Kazantsev involved in the hunt for "black" brides In the Kazan branch of the ARD, there is only one detective - the organizer of this conference, Vyacheslav Reshetnik, the rest are still eyeing. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Tatarstan, 35 Tatarstan citizens have licenses for detective activity. One of them was recently approached by a German company: the adapter was lost in the Kazan branch, with which we tested internal combustion engines. This cord cost 50 thousand rubles. Two service engineers fell under suspicion, but the Germans did not want to involve the police in the investigation. As a result, one of the engineers confessed, and he was not even fired - they were obliged to return the cost of the stolen within three months. And Kazan detectives are busy hunting for “black” brides from a neighboring republic. Recently, according to their information, 3 criminal cases have been opened in Mari El for local beauties who fooled men in the USA and Australia: they asked to send money for the trip, and, having received the transfer, they spent it on themselves. Three ladies and a male organizer appear in the case. Money was withdrawn in Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, St. Petersburg and Cheboksary. According to the "hunter", economic security specialist Vladimir Urusov, 12 suitors have claims against one of the detainees. “And in the case of Alena Fedorovskaya from Yekaterinburg in 2003 there were about 200 of them,” conference participant Elena Garrett (USA) comments on the situation. - But the main flow of money to "black" brides goes to Yoshkar-Ola. On the Internet, this city has long received the status of the world capital of scammers. This is mainly done by students and students. They get acquainted on the Internet, start flirting, sharing sexual dreams, chatting all night, throwing poetry and, finally, promise to come to permanent residence and ask to send $ 500 for a visa. The following are sweet requests: 1.5 thousand - for flights, after some time - a few thousand more, they say, according to Russian laws, a person traveling should have at least $ 60 for each day of the trip. And so on until the groom's patience breaks. One Australian thus lost $ 27,000 and only after that became a client of Elena Garrett. Former Russian woman who went overseas ten years ago, took up the protection of gullible foreigners from Russian beauties quite by accident. He says she opened a flower salon with a worldwide delivery service, and after some time complaints went that bouquets did not reach Russia. After comparing the problematic addresses, Elena found: 22, Lenin Street, appears in Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg and Moscow. And, having a glance at what was happening, she invited the grooms to arrange a “bride” check with a bouquet: during delivery, the lady, if any, was photographed with a bouquet and send a snapshot to the sender. And he can compare whether she was called to marry. Detectives are tired of waiting for a new law According to conference participants, the main problem for detectives in Russia is not scammers at all, but an outdated law on detective work. In it, the private trader has no rights, only duties and restrictions. The ban on invading privacy is understandable: a detective cannot track down citizens and install bugs in their apartments and offices to collect data. But professionals are indignant that it is impossible to send requests to state authorities and it is impossible to provide the court and the investigation with the evidence collected. While in the United States, detectives are even entitled to initiate and investigate criminal cases! - According to the current law, it is impossible to work without violating! - the head of the licensing and permitting department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Tajikistan, Ildus Halilov, believes. - And we are obliged to revoke the violators, last year two were recalled - for the "bugs" and the organization of surveillance. So far, this activity has not developed. At the conference, for the umpteenth time in recent years, a draft new law was discussed, which, in particular, proposes to give investigators the right to request and the right to collect material evidence, and transfer control over their activities from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Justice. According to modern Holmes, police chiefs see them as competitors, although they often throw serious clients, citing powerlessness in the ranks of state law enforcement agencies. However, realist detectives do not believe in a quick change in working conditions: the first draft law has been in the State Duma for ten years now. Irina PLOTNIKOVA

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

Re: Private investigators are looking for council for lawmakers. Thank you.

 

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The State Duma clarified the rights and obligations of security guards and detectives

MOSCOW, November 2 - RIA News. The State Duma on Tuesday adopted in the third reading amendments to the law "On Private Detective and Security Activities in the Russian Federation," specifying the rights and obligations of security guards and detectives.

The norm introduces into the basic law that detective work should be the main activity of a private detective. "Combining it with state or municipal service or with the replacement of an elective paid position in a public association is not permitted," the text emphasizes.

In accordance with the document, a private guard can be a citizen of the Russian Federation who has reached 18 years of age, who has undergone professional training to work in this capacity, passed a qualification exam, received a certificate and works under an employment contract with a security organization.

When providing intra-facility and access control regimes within the object of protection, as well as during transportation of protected goods, cash and other property, private security guards have the right to "inspect vehicles entering and leaving the objects, within the limits established by the legislation of the Russian Federation," with the exception of cars operational services of state militarized organizations, in case of suspicion that these machines are used for illegal purposes.

Inspection of vehicles should be carried out in the presence of car drivers and persons accompanying vehicles and property.

The guards are allowed to "use physical force, special means and firearms in the cases and manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation."

At the same time, security actions at the facilities should be regulated by the job description of the private security guard. Typical requirements for it are approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to the unit of which it will be necessary to send a copy of such a document.

According to the document, the guards must immediately inform their leader and the relevant law enforcement authorities of the information that they have become aware of forthcoming or committed crimes, as well as actions and circumstances that pose a threat to people's safety at the objects of protection.

In addition, employees of private security companies are required to present their certificate at the request of both law enforcement officers and ordinary citizens. Guards are also prohibited from obstructing the lawful actions of law enforcement and regulatory authorities in the exercise of their authority.

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

Re: State Duma clarified the rights and obligations of security guards and detectives

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Re: State Duma clarified the rights and obligations of security guards and detectives

Detectives in third reading

General licensing rules for private investigators and security guards defined

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 23, 2011 N 498 Moscow "On some issues of the implementation of private detective (detective) and private security activities"

The confusion over the rules for registration of private investigators and detectives ended. Now the state will control them completely and completely.

Decree of the Government of Russia "On some issues of private detective (detective) and private security activities" is published today by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Dots are placed over i in the order of permission and registration of legal entities and individuals. It clearly defines the list of required documents, requirements and deadlines.

The decision personally concerns a huge number of people. It only seems that Sherlock Holmes and other Miss Marple are everywhere, but not here. In Russia, according to various sources, more than 200 thousand people are engaged in private investigation, and moreover on a legal basis. And private security companies in the country are registered over 30 thousand, in which 745 thousand people work, - the whole army of strong men.

What requirements were confirmed and summarized by the government decree?

Private detectives finally fell under tight state control. Non-state detectives were required to undergo professional rather than abstract "special" training. If earlier a graduate of a regular military school, for example, an infantry, artillery or flight, could become a detective, now a diploma must be needed to graduate from a specialized educational institution, even a private one. The record should clearly indicate that you are a detective, not a sapper or airborne radio operator-gunner. Otherwise, do not see the license.

For those who violate the requirements of the law, punishments are sharply toughened. Now, for exceeding his powers or other violations, a "self-made" detective can go to prison for up to seven years.

By the way, this is a big mistake, drawn from art fighters, that a private detective catches killers and bandits, walks with a gun and, if necessary, easily participates in chases and shootings. This is not and cannot be neither in our country, nor even in the law-abiding West.

In fact, the detective is forbidden almost everything that allows the detective to effectively fulfill his duties - in the operational sense. For example, use special equipment for tracking, eavesdropping or scanning conversations. God forbid, they will catch such a detective with a listening "bug" or a hidden camera. Here, even the employee "at execution" needs a permit from the prosecutor. Otherwise, you can sit for a long time.

Or, worst of all, they’ll take such a detective on unauthorized entry into someone else’s home.

And even weapons and physical force are forbidden to use him. Only if there is an urgent need for self-defense. But this is on general, civilian grounds. Experience suggests that it is unlikely that the court will perceive as mitigating circumstances the professional activities of a private detective. Rather, the opposite.

And yet - detectives are obliged to always and everywhere share operational information with the police. If the detective conceals something serious, especially in the case of the high-profile crime, then he may well be brought to justice, including criminal.

What is more important - a private detective has no right to use the “crusts” of state special services or to introduce himself as an employee of any “bodies”. Moreover, current police officers, security officers, investigators and other law enforcement officers are prohibited from working in private detective agencies. Want to become Holmes - take off your epaulettes. In addition, a person or agency cannot combine detective and security activities. Either you are a detective, or you are a security guard.

Legislation clearly delineates the functions of private detectives and state investigators. Private traders should not only not interfere, but in every way contribute to the statists. However, only law enforcement officers can deal with truly serious matters. For example, everything related to state secrets, political killings, terrorist acts is inaccessible to private detectives.

What do domestic detectives do?

The private investigation market in Russia is very extensive and in demand. It happens that a citizen, especially an entrepreneur, for various reasons, including purely personal reasons, does not want to formally contact the police or prosecutors. Let's say he suspects that his company has an insider - a mishandled "Cossack" from competitors. The police will not accept this - there is no real corpus delicti. And a private detective can secretly, with the consent of the owner, infiltrate the enterprise and probe the team for six months - who is who. A police opera can do this only if there is a chance to open a major financial scam.

There is a simpler version of commercial counterintelligence - finding out all the information about partners, searching for "undercurrents" of the upcoming transaction. Even the investigation of the banal theft from the office safe can be entrusted to a private detective, so as not to attract excessive attention of the state to their own cash amounts.

Another very popular service is the detection of adultery. Other spouses are very concerned about the loyalty of their halves and are willing to pay for the moment of truth. In addition, parents with the help of detectives learn a lot of interesting things about their children and other close relatives. They say that it is on the basis of these observations and investigations that the wills change, the millions and smaller inheritances are reassigned. Often, detectives are engaged in accounting, clerical, and even secretarial work, shoveling tons of documents, undertaking lengthy correspondence with numerous instances. After all, it is known that 99 percent of information is not in secret ciphers or hiding places, but in open sources - newspapers, official certificates, personal letters, library or scientific archives. You just need to know what and where to look.

But most of all, private detectives turn to find missing persons, find out the ins and outs of business partners, and secure a real estate or car deal. Clients ask detectives to check for visual surveillance, wiretapping, and no one to crack their computer.

Generalized licensing rules for private security companies. When issuing a license literally everything is taken into account. Including what is an enterprise, claiming the right to provide security services. For example, big business can no longer create its own security services and security structures - the legislation allows entering into a security agreement only with an independent private security company. That is, a private security guard should now not report directly to the owner of the company, but to fulfill the obligations specified in the contract. The meaning of this requirement is understandable: the legislator was alarmed by the appearance of numerous private armies, sometimes semi-criminal, obedient only to the "lordly will."

In addition, new uniform certificates will be issued to security guards only after a qualification exam. The certificate will also play the role of a work book (although employees will also have books). With this certificate, you can go to work in another private security company. And the exam, in turn, can be passed only at a special school after training. Just come from the side and pass the exam is now unlikely to succeed. By the way, the meaning of introducing uniform certificates and licenses for each employee is not only a measure of control over private security companies, but also a means of protecting the guards and enterprises themselves. Previously, if a guard committed some kind of violation, the entire PSC was deprived of the license. Dozens lost their jobs, sometimes hundreds of completely conscientious, innocent workers. Now, the licensing authorities have the opportunity to more thoroughly understand each incident. If the violation is accidental, not systemic, one perpetrator will be punished. And the company will continue to work.

It is important that the private security guard was finally recognized as a representative of the normal profession and included in a single qualification guide. Officially there are guards of three categories - 4, 5 and 6th. Those who received the fourth category are allowed to perform their duties only with a rubber stick and handcuffs. He takes exams every five years when replacing a certificate. The fifth category has the right to use gas cartridges and stun guns. He is examined every two years. Sixth category - those who use service firearms. They will be biasedly checked annually. To get the sixth category, you need to study at a special private school for 252 hours - this is a training course approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

Re: State Duma clarified the rights and obligations of security guards and detectives

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