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COVERT ONLINE ENTRAPMENT IN TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL CASES
Conseguently, when using intercept evidence or other covert methods of
investigation, Article 8 of ECHR shall necessarily be considered.” In this case,
photos and videos of children were used who were victims of serious sexual
offences. This clearly embodies the violation of their personality rights, which
violation did not serve the identification of those who committed the offences
against them or the identification of already existing criminal circles but it made
possible the identification of anyone who had an inclination to child porn as a
consumer. Thus, the proportionality of this measure could be challenged. As
proportionality represents a human rights guarantee in the collection of evidence
by covert measures, its different evaluation by the courts of different member
states might lead to the inadmissibility of evidence obtained in other member
states. As a result, we get back to the issue of human rights, which covers the field
of evidence law as an umbrella.
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