Novelties in criminal law relevant for police procedure

Abstract

This paper analyzes the novelties in criminal law matter of the Republic of Serbia, relevant to the functioning of members of the police of the Serbian Ministry of Interior, the efficiency of criminal proceedings in general, and the fight against crime. The issues and the reasons that guided the legislator to determine the novelties in the criminal law in Serbia were listed in the Introduction. In the first part, the author has specified the changes and amendments in the field of criminal substantive law, with an emphasis on the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia (general and specific part). In the second part, the author presents a brief overview of adopted Law on Corporate Liability for Criminal Offences, while in the third part he gives an overview of the new Law on Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime. In the final part, the emphasis was put on the importance of the novelties in order to improve the legal regulations, strengthen the reputation of the state bodies and our application for EU accession.

U referatu su analizirane novine u krivično-pravnoj materiji u Republici Srbiji od značaja za rad pripadnika policije MUP RS, efikasnost krivičnog postupka u celini i borbu protiv kriminaliteta. U uvodu su navedeni problemi i razlozi koji su rukovodili zakonodavca da se opredeli za novele u oblasti krivičnog prava u Republici. U prvom delu navode se izmene i dopune (ZID) u oblasti krivičnog materijalnog prava sa akcentom na KZ RS (opšti i posebni deo). U drugom delu sledi kratak osvrt na usvojeni Zakon o odgovornosti pravnih lica za krivična dela, dok je u trećem delu dat osvrt na takođe novi Zakon o oduzimanju imovine proistekle iz krivičnog dela. U završnom delu je ukazano na značaj novela u funkciji poboljšanja pravne regulative, jačanja ugleda državnih organa i naše aplikacije za ulazak u Uniju.