Scientific Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

In this article the authors research questions connected with introduction of the risks’ analysis system in the activity of the National Police’s units of combating crimes connected with human trafficking. In particular, the authors highlighted the following types of risks’ analysis: а) periodic risk’s analyses; b) thematic risk’s analyses; c) situational risk’s analysis; d) analysis of untypical cases. It is noted that one of the conditions of the risk analysis efficiency is the organization of the analytical process, which should include an ordered cycle of interrelated operational and sequential elements: definition of tasks; collection of data and information; evaluation of data and information; ordering of data and information; analysis of data and information; presentation of analysis results; spread of analytical documents; evaluation of results. Analyzed elements of operational cycle gave the opportunity to come to next conclusions: 1. During definition of tasks is necessary to predict: a kind of required data; sources of information; responsibility of official persons; collection and storage of data; methods of analysis; terms of fulfilment of definite tasks; order of presentation of the analysis results and their spreading. 2. Collection of data and information should be planed and targeted taking into account the objectives and themes of the analytical research. 3. Evaluation of information should provide further reasonable interpretation of it. With this purpose it’s desirable to use a methodology of the information evaluation 4x4 which has been used for a long time in a criminal analysis. 4. Organization in the process of which it is necessary to provide selection of false and non-essential data. 5. Analysis. 6. Presentation of analysis’ results. 7. Spread of analyzed documents. 8. Evaluation of risks’ analysis.