The Ministry of Defense has initiated legislative amendments that could grant the military police the ability to monitor digital and telephone communications, as well as to create non-existent organizations. The new draft, which has already been submitted for public discussion, aims to increase the effectiveness of detecting serious crimes in the armed forces.
According to the authors' assessment, modern challenges and new methods of committing crimes require new tools. As a result of the planned changes, the military police will be able to more consistently combat such problems in the armed forces as illegal drug trafficking, extortion, or hazing.
The tools envisaged by the draft will be applied under the same general requirements that already apply to other law enforcement bodies today. In addition, the military police will be allowed to use cover documents prepared by national security bodies for the purpose of ensuring confidentiality and solving operational tasks.
Ensuring security and strengthening discipline in the armed forces have always been a focus of attention, but granting such extensive powers to the military police requires a clear balance.
On the one hand, monitoring digital communications and the use of covert tools can significantly accelerate the prevention of serious crimes; on the other hand, it is extremely important that these measures fit strictly within the framework of the law and do not violate fundamental human rights.
