Abstract
The private investigation industry is growing rapidly in accordance with the Constitutional Court's ruling, which allows private investigator's work from 2020, and it is expected that the private investigator's work area will be organized s...
Abstract
The private investigation industry is growing rapidly in accordance with the Constitutional Court's ruling, which allows private investigator's work from 2020, and it is expected that the private investigator's work area will be organized soon through the enactment of the National Assembly.
There are various systems for corruption in public institutions in Korea, but in reality, a separate private group specializing in corruption response is needed, and private investigator are expected to grow into active response groups in addition to whistleblowers. Therefore, this study dealt with discussions on the composition of business areas related to the enactment of the Private Investigator Act and related development measures in relation to public interest reporting and anti-corruption.
To proceed with this study, academic papers, domestic and foreign research books, media articles, public research results from government agencies, and parliamentary legislation were secured. Based on this philosophical sources, the focus was on proposing the direction of legislation to strengthen the area as a countermeasure against anti-corruption crimes of private investigation.
In the process of conducting this study in relation to the private investigator's response to corruption crimes, the following problems were derived. First of all, there was an obstacle for private investigator to actively investigate and report corruption crimes because a law that clearly determines the business area of private investigator has not yet been enacted.
In addition, the lack of clear provisions on the granting of a kind of legal admissibility of evidence collected by the private investigator was also identified as a problem to be improved. Finally, it was also confirmed as a problem that the industry and association-level efforts and support measures to strengthen the investigation expertise of private investigator's corruption crimes were only insignificant.
The contents composed of countermeasures against these problems are as follows. First, the scope of recognition of the private investigator's anti-corruption investigation data should be expanded. Second, it is necessary to focus on cultivating the investigative ability of private investigator to conduct public interest investigations. Third, legal safeguards must be prepared for personal protection of private investigator and information providers. Fourth, an economically reasonable level of compensation measures should be prepared for private investigator who have filed public interest reports.