AGREEMENT

of October 16, 2015

About procedure for creation and activities of joint operational-investigations groups in the territories of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States

The State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

recognizing need of enhancement of the legal base of cooperation for crime counteraction,

expressing intention to deepen cooperation in disclosure of crimes and investigation of criminal cases,

being guided by the conventional principles and rules of international law,

based on provisions of international treaties which participants are the Parties,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The terms used in this agreement mean the following:

"the interconnected crimes" - the crimes committed by one or several persons in the territories of two or more Parties or infringing on them on interests;

"the central competent authorities of the Parties" - the state bodies authorized according to this agreement and legislation of the Parties to make decisions on creation, the termination of activities of joint operational-investigations groups and appointment of their heads;

"competent authorities of the Parties" - the bodies authorized according to the legislation of the Parties to perform preliminary inquiry and investigation and search operations, to make decisions on creation and activities investigative, operational-investigations groups;

"joint operational-investigations group" - the group created under approval of the central competent authorities of the Parties, consisting of two and more national investigative, operational-investigations groups of competent authorities of the Parties;

"the head of joint operational-investigations group" - the official designated under approval between the central competent authorities of the Parties for coordination of activities national investigative, operational-investigations groups within the powers determined by this agreement;

"the simplified order of interaction (intercourses)" - direct interaction (intercourse) of members of joint operational-investigations group with each other.

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