범죄수사에서 탐정의 공익적 보완 역할

Abstract

Criminal investigation conducted by the police, maritime police, special judicial police, and prosecutors' office are public activities, because the Criminal Procedure Act stipulates that these law enforcement agencies are in charge. In order to prosecute criminal case, various criminal evidence should be collected through legal procedures to identify the suspect and prove the crime. The problem is that more time and resources should be spent on proving the guilt of suspects who committed intelligent and advanced crimes. Many criminals are committing crimes using these advanced or intelligent methods. In the case of police, professional investigator system is in place, but there are a number of professional investigators who voluntarily leave from criminal investigation field to patrol field. Korea has tens of millions of tourists visiting the country every year, with an estimated 1 million illegal immigrants illegally employed and engaged in domestic industrial sites. Some of them have been involved in international sex crimes, including voice phishing and international drug trafficking, but they have not been able to reach the investigation authorities properly. In order to actively deal with serious and specialized crimes in the future, private cooperation should be used. The alternative is the active use of Private investigators. Such cases can be easily found in U. S. police activities and investigations, and it is trying to fill the shortcomings of investigative agencies by actively fostering self crime prevention force, private investigation, and crime surveillance civic groups. Now, we also need to appoint private investigators with more than a certain period of experience in investigating private areas such as cyber, property tracking, and public interest reporting as public investigation advisors and get technical advice and cooperation from them. Private investigators with a lot of experience in their 60s and older can be good seniors for young crime investigators. We think that their advices, especially from conducting non-forced investigations in the private sector, can project new technical contents into the public sector's investigation, providing a more powerful yet tight investigation.