 Show In law enforcement, a sting operation is a deceptive operation designed to catch a person attempting to commit a crime. A typical sting will have an undercover law enforcement officer, detective, or co-operative member of the public play a role as criminal partner or potential victim and go along with a suspect's actions to gather evidence of the suspect's wrongdoing. Mass media journalists occasionally resort to sting operations to record video and broadcast to expose criminal activity.[1] Sting operations are common in many countries, such as the United States,[2] but they are not permitted in some countries, such as Sweden or France.[3] There are prohibitions on conducting certain types of sting operations, such as in the Philippines, where it is illegal for law enforcers to pose as drug dealers to apprehend buyers of illegal drugs.[4] Examples[edit]
Ethical and legal concerns[edit]Sting operations are fraught with ethical concerns over whether they constitute entrapment. Law enforcement may have to be careful not to provoke the commission of a crime by someone who would not otherwise have done so. Additionally, in the process of such operations, the police often engage in the same crimes, such as buying or selling drugs, soliciting prostitutes, etc. In common law jurisdictions, the defendant may invoke the defense of entrapment. Contrary to popular misconceptions, however, rules against entrapment do not prohibit undercover police officers from posing as criminals or denying that they are police.[7] Entrapment is typically a defense only when suspects are pressured into being implicated in a crime they would probably not have committed otherwise, but the legal definition of this pressure varies greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For example, if undercover officers coerced a potential suspect into manufacturing illegal drugs to sell them, the accused could use entrapment as a defense. However, if a suspect is already manufacturing drugs and police pose as buyers to catch them, entrapment usually has not occurred. In popular culture[edit]The term "sting" was popularized by the 1973 Robert Redford and Paul Newman movie The Sting, though the film is not about a police operation: it features two grifters and their attempts to con a mob boss out of a large sum of money. In 1998, three agencies joined forces to conduct a sting operation where they successfully recovered the Honduras Goodwill Moon Rock from a vault in Miami. The sting operation was known as "Operation Lunar Eclipse" and the participating agencies were NASA Office of Inspector General, the United States Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Customs. The moon rock was offered to the undercover agents for US$5 million. Journalist Christina Reed broke that story in Geotimes in 2002.[8][9] Operation Lunar Eclipse and the Moon Rock Project were the subject of the book The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks by Joe Kloc. See also[edit]
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How do you perform a sting operation?Introduction.. Types of Sting Operation.. Freedom of press under freedom of speech and expression.. Guidelines to be followed while conducting a Sting Operation.. Right to Free Trial.. Violation of Right to Privacy.. Various restrictions on freedom of press apart from constitutional provisions.. What does sting operation mean?Defining Sting Operations
an opportunity or enticement to commit a crime, either created or exploited by police; a targeted likely offender or group of offenders for a particular crime type; an undercover or hidden police officer or surrogate, or some form of deception; and.
Are sting operations legal in the US?Sting operations, while extremely controversial, are a completely legal way to set up an opportunity to commit a crime whereas entrapment is an illegal form of coercing someone into committing a crime.
What are the ethics of sting operation?The ethics of sting operations is among the most fiercely debated issues in journalism. of the interviewee's trust and privacy, must serve a larger public interest that far outweighs such violation. It also must be used as a last resort, when there is no other means of acquiring the information sought.
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