THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION

The article examines the state of the method of investigation of corruption crimes, including bribery, as one of the types of corruption in Ukraine. The issue of data from Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (SRI) studies, which identifies the points that Ukraine received in 2017 regarding perceptions of corruption, is being explored. The notion of "corruption", "bribery" is interpreted, as well as their relationship with each other is determined. The concept of the methodology of investigation in general and the methods of investigation of corruption and bribery in particular are defined. An analysis of the components is included in the concept of methods for investigating bribery and corruption. Attention is drawn to the planning and organizational nature of the investigation, as the key categories of methodology for investigating bribery and corruption. The emphasis is on the interaction of law enforcement and investigative bodies, which ultimately allows you to achieve the desired result that is, to detect, investigate, and investigate the committed corruption act in a timely manner. Depending on the situation, such further initial investigative actions are carried out: a search of suspects in bribery and a bribeter in order to identify the subject of bribes, traces and documents evidencing this; questioning the suspect about the circumstances of performing certain official actions, committing violations of the established procedure for reviewing the issues, the circumstances of the acquisition of property, valuables, the availability of money, which is possibly the subject of a bribe; interrogating the bribe and intermediaries about the circumstances of the investigative case; other actions arising from specific investigative situations. To investigate the existing extortion of a bribe, a tactical operation is being developed, which is a set of investigative actions: the applicant's interrogation on the individual signs of the subject of bribery; the detention of a person suspected of bribery with money values ​​transferred to him: a search of this person and a search at the place of transfer of bribes. In the methodology of the investigation, methods have been developed to refute the falsehood of a suspect in extortion of a bribe, consisting of observing that a person is suspected of bribery, fulfilled the prescribed actions in the interests of the bribe taker.