They are equally at home in the police station, and in the house. They are able to extract the information so that you will not even guess who you talked to. Implementers, avanturisti or just Opera — the most interesting part of this work is always behind the scenes domestic series, because their methods are not always consistent with the letter of the law. On the dark and light sides of his work, the sense of duty and friendship with criminals “Tape.ru” said the former operative of the Federal service for control over drug trafficking (2016 — Main Department for control over drug trafficking of the MIA of Russia).
the “We have been taught to professionally lie”
I am a career officer of the interior Ministry. He lived in a small provincial town. In our family (grandfather — a member-correspondent of the Academy of Sciences, grandmother — a teacher, mother — teacher, father — a distinguished teacher of physical education) all believed that and I will go that route, but I was always attracted by military and police romance, from childhood was fond of detectives.
Once we came to the school from the University of the Ministry of internal Affairs of St. Petersburg — took those who does well and who have good performance in sport. So I got on the operational Department.
Whereas time was the second Chechen war, so we are simultaneously preparing for battle: tactical and special training, maintaining service in terms of counter-terrorism operations.
I started to work in intelligence. Even at the University became a full-time covert police officer.
For all the friends I had a legend that I resigned from the internal Affairs bodies. When all my friends were in uniform officer — I went on the citizen.
Reconnaissance is as old as the world they were in tsarist Russia and, I think, to her. I served in the unit for quick installation.
Operational setting is including thelegendary the survey by place of residence of the defendant in the case. For example, there is a perpetrator or person wanted to — I need to find out his whereabouts, to establish his connection, but so that none of the interviewees thought that they asked the police.
Under this devise various legends, preparing documents cover. In fact, we were taught to lie professionally. The meaning of the work is to come “hang noodles” and get information. The easiest way that any scout was to pretend that looking for a friend.
The film “meeting Place cannot be changed” — was our training film. Step by step we dismantled the actions of Gleb Zheglov, head of the operational team of the Department on struggle against gangsterism. For example, the conversation with the old man, which is necessary to know the exact time of the crime.
Zheglov: Precisely yesterday, not days? And time was what? Man: I don’t know, no watch, nothing. Zheglov: A how to go to work? Man: With the chickens. And radio. Zheglov: what it playedabout when you met Gruzdev? Man: So football gave! Zheglov: So we are fans. What time was it? Old man: do Not… Zheglov: Well momentik… green is in the center, turning… Man: so, football by the time it is over! Zheglov: Beginning at 17, plus two halves, each 45 minutes, another 15 minutes… at 7 o’clock you met him? Man: it Seems so.
To select the desired source to build a conversation so that asking about one, to obtain information about the other, is part of the methodology. Techniques are constantly changing and becoming more complex. There are many psychological nuances, but after a year I realized that it’s still not mine.
Another cadet in years I took part in the arrests — hapnuli this romance: the chase, the arrest. Intelligence — you don’t see the end result of their work, and it’s depressing. I’m a romantic by nature and have always believed that the operative is the Creator of human destiny. It is the basic combat unit of the law enforcement structures and in each barrel bung. It receives information from the agents or myself, she collects evidence, detain the criminal, solves crimes. Then I left the intelligence service and got an operative for the Federal drug control service.
the “In the movies a key figure of the investigator”
Not everyone understands the difference between investigator and detective. Largely to blame for this cinema. In the TV series the investigator running around with a gun, detains the offender, and then he submits the case to the Prosecutor.
In the modern world — it draws only procedure that has gained operatives.
Can ticket your source of information, and you can not do this. Identify the partner, and unable to let him go if other defendants silent. Can declassify telephone calls, and may not do when people are admitted. Such nuances are many.
I do not belittle the work of investigators. Among them there are specialists, who manage to competently carry out investigative actions for which interrogation tactics are not empty words — they are preparing for full-time rates. But globally, the main machine of the investigation rests with the detective.
But here’s the paradox: in drug control we had seven services, that is, conventionally, 100 opers the cities. Total of about 1000 people and 100 people here go, detain drug addicts, and the remaining 900 this issue.
the “Everyone is absolutely ***** [still], how are you”
Operative can obtain information in several ways: through the technique, or agents from being embedded. After equipment, the introduction is the most convenient way. You are in control of the situation from the inside, know what to look for. If there was a meeting — quickly sketched numbers or signs of the person.
Depending on implementation objectives develop plan and mechanism. Any test purchase — the same implementation. The agent leads you to the person you tell on us, playing the role of buyer, take drugs.
If to speak more globally, the introduction is when you’re under a certain legend walk into a criminal group, study the internal environment, understand who is talking to whom, know what the person is interested, get in his circle and carefully bring it to a certain wave. If we are talking about guns and drugs — smoothly transition to a transaction that has already detain people.
In this case, implementation is not always implemented.
But then we could install storage locations, transfer locations, the actors, and then detained the people in parallel in warehouses and stopping channels. In the end, instead of kilograms — seized conditionally STO. Such supervision and implementation group might take several years.
All this legislatively is not fixed — done at your own risk and not on the methodology. For example, we have always been driven: the most important thing in the implementation is security embedded employee. But really all absolutely ***** [don’t care], as you there — a call that came, and well.
The victims have not been, but a colleague once had to shoot on the implementation. He came to Roma with the technique of sound control, at the meeting, said a conditional sentence, but the man controlling the air, it somehow did not catch. The employee took drugs, and detention there. Had to get a gun, to announce the arrest, but Roma decided that he just wants to rip them off, and moved, and he fired a warning shot and only after this operations group stormed the house.
My friend once had a fight with a drug dealer — and both flew out of the window of the sixth floor, and an operative dropped the one he was detained. Comrade was all broken. Someone with a car crushed to the tree, someone lost on the arrest eye. I myself was dragging the car across the yard. Tin enough. Each implementation of the detention — it’s always a wild surge of adrenaline. You can’t get used to.
the “Failure — it is necessary to withdraw the cocaine”
Formally, we have to have funding, in reality it is not. Once, as it happens in bodies, it became clear that the city was lacking a certain kind of drugs. We have collected the meeting, say the failure, it is necessary to withdraw the cocaine. Okay, pulled the agent, saying: guys, something has come up.
After some time the agent calls and says that one Chechen is ready to sell a pound. Report to the authorities, asking: “Will you take?” I reply: “Yes, of course.”
My agent was prebatal Chechen deal of hands. In such cases, the money always ask ahead. He agreed that we need to show the seller, “the Lam” [a million rubleslay] — he will make sure the money is there, bring the goods, and then we “pop”.
I again go to management and say:
You need to “Lam” show. And where we you “Lam” take? — Well, you need cocaine? Would I have “Lam” — would show, but no.
Well, fine, handsome, and what do I do now?! I began to think — called the friend of the security guy in the Bank asked left a statement that my Bank card is one million. Brought the agent of this statement and the map that he gave all this to the seller and said that the pincode is the one you get when you bring the cocaine.
Chechen arrives, takes the card, brings a pound of cocaine, and we’re taking him under white ruchenki. The chiefs, of course, satisfied.
the “Even criminals must respect you as a person”
Most important thing in the Opera is responsible for the words, no matter how scoundrel nor was your opponent and whatever your relationship. Teaches the work in a small town where I started. Here, if you have not fulfilled that promise — the hearing will take place instantly, and you just no one to recruit can not.
Even criminals must respect you as a person and a man of his word. To do this, sometimes you need to go to the principle. Once I detained the person, we agreed that he would give me some points, go to events, and I will write for him a petition to the court, and we will try to obtain conditional. We shook hands, he has fulfilled the obligations: confessed on a number of episodes, participated in an investigative event helped to detain people.
I’m writing a petition, bring it to the chief so he can put the signature of the General. The chief looks at me, crushes it and throws it in the trash. I look at him: “do Not understand”.
In Opera that works in the field usually a lot of problems with papers. I was a complete mess in the box and the Affairs of operosita. We have a huge number of papers nafig not needed, but with a bunch of secret stamp and fad.
But what does the man who fulfilled his obligations, has to do with me? We have disciplinary punishments and other measures of impact on employees.
The detainee — two children, he all the conditions are fulfilled. I understand that without a motion, he will sit. Go to the office, write a report on the dismissal, give head and leave. He puts on report its resolution to dismiss the article for noncompliance with the terms of the contract. Say, “Well ***** [still] does not want this garbage to work.”
The Deputy came in, asked what was the matter. I explained the situation to him, he agreed that this is not the case, and they head decided that I should go to the General to sign the petition. I came that morning, all told. He said, “Man need?” I said, “Yeah, still useful” — the General signed it, and the man got the pole�� years of probation.
the “a Valuable agent even criminal article otmazatsya”
Typically, a great agent who enters into a serious group, not even executed (it does not infest human case) because in case of leakage of his life would be in danger. I communicate with him, receive his message, but taking info from some random person, as we would say in Economics, from “agent of value”.
In General, relationships with informants — a separate issue. Ideological agents is extremely small, in contrast to the Soviet times. Now any relationship of the operative and the agent is either a material interest (it is little, because the money is not isolated), or companionship, or a situation when the agent sees you as a patron.
Because of the latter opers are often accused of racketeering. De jure you’re really going to white-collar crime, de facto- by providing small service (beautiful room, the COP from the precinct), create a sense of protection, and the person behind it pulls you information that globally will be for companies is much more important.
Valuable agent you can even criminal article to cover, and not because you’re so corrupt. Just what it does and what else it can do, helping the organs — is much more important and more serious than what he did.
Gasoline, learning agents, mobile communications is one operative that does not pay. I’m home three days does not appear, eat at the cafe or pasture, and still have a family to provide for.
I know honest people who refuse money. They can be counted on the fingers, and really no pain to look at them is impossible. If the Colonel with the medal “For merits before Fatherland” saving up for baby things — you, of course I do, but the question is how is it possible at all?
the “Everyone has a chance to stumble”
Oper — this is the man who in all gray and black zones should feel like a fish in the water: come to the pub to get drunk with some drunk, but to scout out a lot of helpful information is also a part of his job.
Operative is always in some shit, he sees all the filth of society and are constantly fumbling it. But many think he should be in a white shirt, pure and innocent, sit in the office and the shit let everything flows by itself razgrebet.
About how much dirt and irregularities there are in our work — speak and write constantly, but romance still it was a lot. For seven years in the Federal drug control service I had enough adventure for a lifetime. In many units it was calmer — we have the same week could be five or six arrests.
I once asked how you were not afraid to climb the same one forever? I thought and I realized that when you start to fear — and then leave. When you’re out there — fear not, you’re just doing your job.
I think the most important thing for an Opera to understand that from you depends the fate of man. I always felt sorry for close to those who were caught for the first time.
In the end, we are all human, everyone has a chance to stumble. I would, of course, not to do bad things, but we all make mistakes and do things, which would be a shame. But if you can remember them and try to do more good, probably, right live.
I have many friends living outside the law, but it’s really my friends. We close with some emotional moments — perhaps a feeling of fellowship and support.
Remember, I called the man, say you need to meet urgently. He was like, “is Everything okay? You say, we are now 30-40 people come with guns.” I told him: “calm down, just need to talk”. But at this moment I realized the paradox of the situation — bandits I can rely on more than our system and its structure. If I would have to score on the street, then they are more likely to come than some of my colleagues.
In 2016 the Federal drug control service was disbanded. Many operatives were out of work, and some even went to jail. About how the former Opera to be in the same cell with those who planted it, — read the second part.
