To date, not a single law enforcement officer has been held accountable for actions that we, as attorneys, consider to be clear violations

Today, May 23, a special module on white-collar crime kicked off at Legal High School. Classes at the School of Criminal Practice did not begin with a traditional lecture, but with a new format—an in-depth expert discussion—the LHS Discussion Hub.

“To date, not a single law enforcement officer has been held accountable or received a real sentence for actions taken during searches, covert investigative operations, evidence collection, and so on— These are actions that we, as attorneys, consider to be clear violations,” emphasized Oleksiy Shevchuk, a partner at AO “Barristers.” In his view, lawyers today have the legal tools to hold investigators and prosecutors accountable (for example, by filing a motion for recusal), but these mechanisms, unfortunately, do not work in practice.