On a unified approach to the purposes and tasks of criminal law and operational-search activity

Introduction: the article discusses issues of the relationship between the goals and objectives of criminal law and operational-search activity, analyzes such terms as «prevention», «obviation», «suppression», «detection» and «investigation», provides a vision of various scholars on their relationship and the author's view on this issue, examines the relationship with the consolidation of these concepts in the criminal law and operational-search legislation of the Republic of Belarus. Materials and Methods: the regulatory framework of the study is formed by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the criminal and operational-search legislation of the Republic of Belarus, and other regulatory acts governing the preventive activities of the internal affairs bodies. The methodological basis of the study was the general dialectical method of scientific knowledge, which is universal in nature, as well as methods of logical deduction, induction, cognitive methods and methods of observation, comparison, analysis, synthesis and description. Results: allowed to reveal the content of the studied terms, as well as to establish the relationship between them in the criminal and operational-search legislation of the Republic of Belarus. Summary and Conclusion: the analyzed categories revealed the relationship between operational investigative activities and criminal law, with the interdisciplinary institute of goals and objectives of the greatest importance.