Activitatea de detectare a infracțiunilor și de prevenire este una dintre cele mai principale activităţi ale statului, realizată de către organe comeptentă. Datorită particularităților care caracterizează acest tip de activitate, este necesară adoptarea unor proceduri specifice, care ar putea oferi posibilităţi de realizare a autorităţii acestor organe.

Some General Aspects of Essence and Characteristics of Special Investigation Activity. The activity of crimes detection and prevention is one of the most principle activities, which should be realized by eligible state organizations. Due to peculiarities, which characterize this type of activity it is necessary the adoption of some specific procedures, which could offer large possibility to eligible organizations to accomplish their authority. Therefore the Law of special activity of criminal investigations was adopted. The goal of this law is criminal attempts detection; crimes prevention and identification of persons, who organize and/or commit them; crimes detection and investigation; raid of missing people or those, who are lie in hiding from penal or juridical penalties; raid of people who are hiding from punishment execution, gathering information about possible events and/or actions which can cause danger to state security.