Forensic analysis in environmental crimes

Sa？etak Environmental crime signifies the crime which is well represented in the overall crime rates, however its dark number is significant. Population or citizens aren’t enough educated and also do not have high level of awareness to recognize and at the same time report environmental crimes. Therefore it is of the utmost importance that the discovered environmental crimes are proven and that the adequate sanction are imposed to the perpetrators. The methodology of investigating environmental crimes implies conducting a significant numbers of operative-tactical actions and investigative measures that can ensure gathering evidence of environmental crime within the criminal investigation frames. Forensic analysis is of particular importance for environmental crime investigation, where application of this analysis can provide material evidence for courts. First of all, this refers to the situational field expertise, onsite inspection or insight at the place of the event, as well as laboratory expertise on traces found at the crime scene. The authors of this paper analyze the measures and activities applied by the competent authorities, such as police and inspection bodies, and elaborate certain actions and processes regarding the forensic analysis