Interpol Issues Debated in the Scientific Literature of the Russian Federation

• Author: Sterpu, V.
• Position: Phd Student, State University of Moldova Republic
• Pages: 173-180

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 6 (55) No. 1 - 2013

INTERPOL ISSUES DEBATED IN THE

SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE OF THE

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Vladimir STERPU1

Abstract: The activity of International Criminal Police Organization –

Interpol, reflects itself poorly in the scientific literature of the Russian

Federation. In the former URSS, crime issues were exclusively of state

internal competence, with a negative opinion regarding the possibility of

participation in Interpol activities. That’s why the Interpol issue was never

granted a full revaluation during the soviet period. Only after the URSS’s fall

and the enhancement of international contacts, the interest for the Interpol

topic began to rise in the scientif ic field.

Key words: Interpol, Ministry of Internal Affairs, organization, terrorism.

1 Phd Student, State University of Moldova Republic.

1. Introduction

The activity of International Criminal

Police Organization – Interpol, reflects

itself poorly in the scientific literature of

the Russian Federation. As an explanation

for that we can mention the secured

character of the institution and the rigid

filtration of the worldwide delivered

information. At international level,

information can be accessed on the

websites www.interpol.int or

www.interpol.com, but at the local level

the information becomes concise with only

general aspects on the website of the

Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian

Federation (www.mvd.ru).

The posted information include the

personality of the Interpol NCB Chief, the

collaboration with Europol, official logos

of NCB Interpol of the Ministry of Internal

Affairs of the Russian Federation, the

ordinance on NCB Interpol of the Ministry

of Internal Affairs of the Russian

Federation and Interpol alerts.

In the former URSS, crime issues were

exclusively of state internal competence,

with a negative opinion regarding the

possibility of participation in Interpol

activities. That’s why the Interpol issue

was never granted a full revaluati on during

the soviet period. Only after the URSS’s

fall and the enhancement of international

contacts, the interest for the Interpol topic

began to rise in the scientific field.

The scientific publications that appeared

in the Russian Federation and submitted

for analysis carry a predominant

international legal character, practically

excluding the Interpol topic discussion

from the view of other scientific fields due

to the specificity of the organization. The

carried out activity is based on Criminal

Law, Criminal Procedural Law and

forensics.