Criteria for Appointing an Undercover Investigator to Obtain Evidence and Information in a Criminal Case

In this article we aimed to expose the traits and qualities that an undercover investigator should have in order to be able to carry out his mission in good conditions, without the risk of uncovering the occult operation and without endangering his own life or physical or mental integrity. The use of undercover investigators may involve interactions with different individuals over a shorter or longer period of time, which may be a single contact or multiple meetings in which a connection is established between the person being investigated and the undercover investigator. They must show special social skills, namely to be able to adapt their behavior depending on the situation in which they are in order to give credibility to the character they portray, but also to relate to the people targeted by the operation in such a way that it can obtain evidence and information relevant to the criminal case in which it is used. Due to the importance of the activity carried out by undercover investigators, the risk to life and physical and mental integrity to which they may be subjected, it is imperative that their election within the framework of undercover operations be carried out with maximum skill and responsibility by persons qualified in this sense.