Russian Federation
The article identifies the problematic issues of proof in criminal cases of crimes against property committed with the use of information and telecommunication technologies, associated with disproportionately long periods of obtaining information serving as evidence, which in turn lead to a violation of the principles of criminal justice. As a result of the application of general scientific methods for conducting scientific research, incl. analysis of the current legislation, statistical data, practice of international cooperation and materials of criminal cases, it is proposed to optimize the criminal procedure legislation in the field of evidence in criminal cases of the above category in order to reduce the time for collecting evidence.
criminal procedure, optimization of criminal procedural legislation in the field of evidence, crimes against property, information and telecommunication technologies, principles of criminal procedure.
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