HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF OPERATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE UNITS (DETECTIVE AGENCIES) FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MIGRATION FUNCTIONS

The article examines the historical experience of regulating migration processes in pre-revolutionary Russia using operational investigative measures. The legal and administrative mechanisms, as well as ways of covert work to obtain information about the actions of foreign citizens, are investigated. The classification of crimes in the migration sphere is given. The methods of secret investigation by Eugene Vidocq and the anthropometric methods of "bertillonage" are studied. Based on historical experience, ways to improve the migration activities of Russian law enforcement agencies are proposed.