The Trial Stage Modelling on a Criminal Case of Environmental Pollution

The author points out the relevance of the problem connected with the preserving the natural environment of the Russian Federation, which is aggravated by the low efficiency of countering its pollution, the high level of latency of environmental crimes. The author continues the discussion that he began earlier in the series of his publications on how to improve the forensic support for the investigation of nature pollution crimes. The purpose of the article is to identify conceptual factors of modelling the trail stage of the preliminary investigation on the environmental pollution, as well as to formulate recommendations for its implementation. Methods: theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic; empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation; specific scientific methods: legal-dogmatic and interpretation of legal norms. Results: based on an analysis of investigative and judicial practice, in a schematic form, the author formulates proposals how to use the trial stage modelling on a criminal case, taking into account the peculiarities of the forensic characteristics of criminal cases related to environmental pollution.