Supervised Delivery

An Important Legal Tool to Fight Cross-Border Crime

Abstract

Cross-border crime characterized by the international trafficking of objects, goods, and people continues to be one of the biggest challenges for law enforcement agencies around the world. This criminal activity is extremely profitable for drug, weapons, and people trafficking networks, which, as a result, are targeting threats to the security of the States and represent a serious threat to public health and life. In this context, the Republic of Moldova has consolidated a protection mechanism against this phenomenon by establishing legal instruments – special investigative measures. In most cases, only through these actions carried out by investigative officers is it possible to discover or arrest persons involved in human trafficking, unmasking and documenting the illicit trafficking of drugs, weapons, stolen objects, explosive materials, nuclear, and other radioactive materials, money and other objects resulting from illegal activities or if the said objects are used to commit crimes