The investigation					next week.
of this case			signed
Those cars					tomorrow.
	will		finished
The report of our					in a month.
			repaired
chief	be
			caught
This criminal					in half an hour.
			packed
Your things					by policemen in a few
					days.
A person and					by young criminals in
vehicle check			translated		cities and towns now.
A lot of crimes					by a police officer.
	is being		built
A new building					by the first-year
	are being		conducted
					cadets now.
			committed
This text					on the territory of our
			constructed
					Academy.
Many new houses					in Kyiv.

	The report
	about felonies		driven
	in this district
		was being	read
	A new book
			discussed
	on criminology	were being
			translated
	Stolen cars

by the cadet Roman Petrusenko when I came into his room

out of the city from 3 till 5 a.m.

in the Investigation p.m. Department from 5 till 7 p.m. yesterday.

	My watch			to prison for their
			taken	crimes.
	This bank			by a thief.
	Some	has been	robbed	by the time of its
	pickpockets		stolen	opening.
		have been
			built
	Some cars			during night hours.
			committed
	The new			this year.
	underground
	station

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	My car			by the 1st of January,
				2000.
	The treaty			by the coming of our
	between British			professor.
	Police and		translated
	Ukrainian
			signed
	Militia on
			stolen
	cooperation in	had been
			adopted
	fighting against
			robbed
	drug dealers
	This scientific			by the time when I
	article			came.
	The Post Office			by the end of the
				meeting.
	The resolution			by the opening of it.

Ex. 2. Put the following sentences into interrogative and negative forms. Translate them:

1.The activity of Militia is regulated both by legislative and departmental documents.

2.The tickets to Lviv were booked yesterday.

3.Non-indictable offences are known as summary offences.

4.Originally treasons are regarded as the most serious of all crimes.

5.He was robbed of all his money yesterday.

6.Felony is regarded as a very serious crime.

7.The group of foreign policemen was shown the Museum of Ukrainian Art during their stay in Kyiv.

8.The indictable or more serious crimes may be classified into six categories.

9.The travellers have been attacked in the mountains and robbed of everything they had.

Ex. 3. Put the following sentences into the Passive Voice:

A boy broke the window in the house yesterday.

–The window in the house was broken by a boy yesterday.

1.The Militiamen arrested this young boy for his crime yesterday.

2.A motorist killed the pedestrian after an evening’s drinking.

3.A customs officer is checking the passenger’s luggage.

4.By the coming of the investigator the militia officer had found the pistol in the room.

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5.A murderer has killed a young girl.

6.They were selling drugs when the police officer came up to them.

7.They often ask questions at the lessons.

8.Our guide has shown the Museum of Militia of Ukraine to the foreign policemen.

9.He killed a young girl with a knife some days ago.

10.A militiaman had arrested the criminal before the expert criminalist arrived.

11.The first-year cadets were reading many books on law during the first three months of their studies.

12.The builders have built a new church on the territory of the Central Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

13.They spoke much about the report “Classification of crimes” at the International conference on Law.

14.They are discussing the report about the felonies in this district.

15.A group of men killed some customers in a pub by leaving a bomb there.

16.Police arrested two groups of rival football supporters who started a battle.

Ex. 4. Put the questions to the italicized words:

1.Ukraine has been recognized by 152 states.

2.People were impressed by American President’s knowledge of Ukrainian poetry, when he recited some lines by Taras Shevchenko.

3.The National Anthem of Ukraine was created by Mikhailo Verbytskyi and Pavlo Chubynskyi in 19th century.

4.The tools of investigator are referred to as the three “i’s”, namely, Information, Interrogation and Instrumentation.

5.The train to Lviv has been announced.

Ex. 5. Retell the story, using the Passive Voice:

Police constable Drake is sipping his usual dram of whisky after his late shift and tells his wife about the day.

“Today we stopped Mr. Merry from Beer in Devon in the pedestrian precinct. We asked him to show us his papers. As he seemed to be drunk, we breathalyzed him and then told him to get out of his car. Then we left his car where it was and escorted him on foot to the police station. There we called a doctor who took a blood sample. Finally we put him in our detention cell to sober up.”

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Two days later Mr Merry tells his wife: ”The day before yesterday I was stopped …”

breathalyze someone	зробити комусь алкотест
blood sample	аналіз крові
detention cell	медвитверезник
dram	(тут) чарка
sip	пити маленькими ковтками
sober up	протверезитися

Ex. 6. Translate into English.

1.Розслідування кримінальної справи буде завершено до нового року.

2.Злочинець був заарештований поліцейським перед тим, як прибув експерт-криміналіст.

3.Це завдання було розв’язано курсантами.

4.Наказ був вчора підписаний начальником.

5.Цей англійський текст зараз перекладається курсантом Богданом Романенко.

6.Повідомлення було одержано о 5 годині вечора.

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			Topic:THEFT OF WORKS OF ART
				Vocabulary notes:
jealousy n				[’d ʒеləs¡]	недовірливість, заздрість
to get away v					втекти, зникнути
database n				[’deitə’beis]	база даних
to collapse v				[kə’læps]	терпіти крах; зазнати
					невдачі
valuable adj				[’vælju əbl]	цінний, коштовний
to assume				[ə’sju:m]	брати на себе
responsibility					відповідальність
thrust n				[θrʌst]	поштовх, опора
incompatible adj				[inkəm’pætəbl]	несумісний
tackle v				[’tækl]	енергійно братися за
					щось
antique n				[æn’ti:k]	антикварна річ
conduit n				[’kɔndjuit]	канал, провідник
delay n				[di’lei]	затримка, зволікання
accessible adj				[æk’sesəbl]	доступний
insider n				[in’saidə]	своя, не стороння люди-
					на, член організації
provenance n				[’prɔvinəns]	походження, джерело

POLICE PROBLEMS IN COMBATING STOLEN

WORKS OF ART

Political in-fighting and national jealousies appear to be letting international thieves get away with stealing old masters. Besides there is an absence of international police intelligence in this area. A failure by law enforcement agencies to deal seriously with the issue of stolen works of art will result in a deeper involvement by elements of organised crime,

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particularly given the ready market that exists for stolen paintings within countries such as Russia and Japan. Concerns have been raised about the ease with which such offences can be committed.

In Europe, attempts to develop an internationally recognised database of stolen art has failed because of national jealousies. The latest victim of the political in-fighting has been the project which was intended to provide a computerised graphics database to aid police investigations. Immensely complicated, it eventually collapsed in the face of French and Italian opposition. Both countries are now seeking international recognition for their own systems. In America the position is not much better.

FBI agents are co-operating with colleagues in several European countries in the investigation of the theft of a number of old master paintings and other valuable property from around the globe.

The problem for the FBI is that although an increasing number of the world’s art treasures pass through New York, the majority are of European origin. It is also much easier for stolen works of art to be sold in the next state or even the next town because they are not as well known here as they are in Europe.

Only five of the top 50 artists whose work is currently reported stolen are American and a high level of international police co-operation is required to halt the rising tide of global thefts. In investigative terms, descriptive and photographic details of stolen works of art are given to local police. In the US, provided that certain criteria relating to value, age and inter-state transportation are met, these details are passed to the FBI, which then assumes responsibility for the investigation.

The FBI has the only, nationwide, database of stolen works of art and while local forces do have specialist officers, the main investigative thrust comes from the federal authority.

In the UK, Scotland Yard maintains a graphical database of stolen arts and antiques. In Europe, most countries have their own nationallybased computerised databases but these are incompatible with one another and with those in America. Problems of language and the differing legal systems add to the difficulties. These are only now being tackled by an international focus group involving seven European countries and the US.

On the world stage, Interpol is strictly limited by international protocols and its function is principally that of a conduit between police forces of different countries. Its computer, linking the police forces of all

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