Thesis title: Building and using informants in special operations of Counter Narcotics Police force - Hanoi Police Department.

Major: Criminology and Crime Prevention                           Code: 9.38.01.05

Name of PhD student: Ngo Van Thang                                    Course: 22nd

Scientific title, degree and full name of the supervisors:
    1. Assoc.Prof. Dr Nguyen Huu Hoan;
    2. Prof.Dr Ho Trong Ngu.

Name of training institution: The People’s Police Academy - The Ministry of Public Security

New contributions of the thesis:

1. The thesis supplements and develops theoretical issues on building and using informants in special operations of Counter Narcotics Police force, including: definition, characteristics, duties in special operations; definition, characteristics, principal, methods of building and using informants in special operations; leadership, decentralization and informant profiles in special operations of Counter Narcotics Police force.

2. On the basis of surveying and analyzing the real situation of building and using informants in special operations of Counter Narcotics Police force, some remarks and evaluations of strong points and drawbacks are also mentioned which accompanies by reasons for those drawbacks.

3. Some predictions on the trend of incoming crimes and factors affecting the effect of building and using informants in special operations of Counter Narcotics Police force are took into consideration. On that basis, some suggestions are proposed in order to improve the effectiveness of building and using informants in special operations of Counter Narcotics Police force.