The General Commissariat of Judiciary Police (, CGPJ) is an intelligence service within the

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responsible for the investigation of

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, economic and monetary crimes or

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. CGPJ is also in charge of investigating drug trafficking, gambling control and collecting intelligence for the police corps. The CGPJ was created in 1958 as General Commissariat of Criminal Investigation (CGIC) and renamed as General Commissariat of Judiciary Police in 1978.

Units of the CGPJ

The units that form the General Commissariat of Judiciary Police are:Functions
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General Secretariat

The Secretary-General supports and assists the Commissary-General, analyzes and plans its general lines of action, and manages matters relating to the personnel regime and means attached to it. It is also responsible for the data banks of the General Commissariat.

Organized Crime and Drugs Unit

The Organized Crime and Drugs Unit (UDYCO) investigates and prosecutes criminal activities related to drug trafficking and

at both national and transnational levels. It also works as the operational coordination and technical support of its territorial units. This unit also contains: * Central Brigade of Narcotics, which investigates and prosecutes crimes related to the

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traffic of drugs, according to the legislation on the matter. * Central Organized Crime Brigade, which investigates and prosecutes criminal activities linked to

. The leadership on the Response Groups against Organized Crime (GRECO) stands out. * Unit attached to the State Attorney General's Office, which carries out the duties assigned by the

Judiciary Police The judicial police, judiciary police, or justice police are (depending on both country and legal system) either a branch, separate police agency or type of duty performed by law enforcement structures in a country. The term judiciary police is mo ...

to the body to which it is attached.

Unit of Specialized and Violent Delinquency

The Unit of Specialized and Violent Delinquency (UDEV) assumes the investigation and prosecution of criminal activities, at national and transnational levels, related to

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, especially historical and artistic heritage,

consumption Consumption may refer to: *Resource consumption *Tuberculosis, an infectious disease, historically * Consumption (ecology), receipt of energy by consuming other organisms * Consumption (economics), the purchasing of newly produced goods for curren ...

and

environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ...

, criminal offenses in the field of doping in sport, the use of new Technologies, family and children, and crimes against persons and

sexual freedom A sexual norm can refer to a personal or a social norm. Most cultures have social norms regarding sexuality, and define ''normal sexuality'' to consist only of certain sex acts between individuals who meet specific criteria of age, consanguinity ...

, as well as the operational coordination and technical support of the respective territorial units. From this Unit will depend: * Brigade of Investigation of the Specialized Delinquency, in charge of the investigation and persecution of the crimes related to the patrimony, the consumption and the environment, the

intellectual An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or a ...

and

industrial property Industrial property is one of two subsets of intellectual property (the other being copyright), it takes a range of forms, including patents for inventions, industrial designs (aesthetic creations related to the appearance of industrial product ...

. Of this brigade will depend the Service of Control of

Gaming Gaming may refer to: Games and sports The act of playing games, as in: * Legalized gambling, playing games of chance for money, often referred to in law as "gaming" * Playing a role-playing game, in which players assume fictional roles * Playin ...

, with the mission of monitoring and inspection of the compliance with the norms on the game and investigation of the crimes that are generated in this area. * Central Investigation Brigade for Crimes Against Persons, charged with the investigation and prosecution of crimes against

life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as Cell signaling, signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for Cell growth, growth, reaction to Stimu ...

liberty Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom. In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...

homicides Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no inten ...

sexual assaults Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will. It is a form of sexual violence, which ...

and

missing persons A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, de ...

; As well as those committed in the

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and in the field of minors. * Historical Heritage Brigade, in charge of the investigation and prosecution of criminal activities related to the historical-artistic heritage. Emblem of the Spanish National Police Corps GRECO's

Emblem of the Spanish National Police Corps GRECO's

Criminal Intelligence Central Unit

The Criminal Intelligence Central Unit (UCIC) is responsible for the collection, reception, analysis, treatment and development of information related to

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, as well as activities in the field of foresight and strategy. UCIC also assume the function of coordinating information of police interest. This Unit and the territorial units of intelligence, on which they are functionally dependent, assume the development of the

criminal intelligence Criminal intelligence is information compiled, analyzed, and/or disseminated in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity. The United States Army Military Police Corps defines criminal intelligence as information gathered or c ...

function.

Unit of Economic and Fiscal Delinquency

The Unit of Economic and Fiscal Delinquency (UDEF) assumes the investigation and prosecution of criminal activities, nationally and internationally, in matters of economic and fiscal delinquency, as well as the operational coordination and technical support to the respective Territorial Units. From this Unit will depend: * Central Brigade of Economic and Fiscal Delinquency, which is responsible for investigating crimes related to Public Treasury, against

Social Security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifical ...

, financial fraud, stock offenses and

scams A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have de ...

of special importance. * Central Anti-corruption and Money Laundering Research Brigade, which is responsible for investigating crimes related to money laundering arising from criminal acts, international piracy, corruption in various forms and recovery of assets. * Central Brigade of Economic Intelligence, which is responsible for investigating criminal offenses related to activities subject to control, surveillance or inspection of the bodies responsible for the prevention of money laundering. * Brigade of Investigation of the Bank of Spain, which assumes the investigation of the crimes related to the falsification of national and foreign

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. * Unit attached to the Office of the Special Prosecutor against Corruption and Organized Crime, which will carry out the duties of the

in the attached body.

Technological Research Unit

The Technological Research Unit (UIT) assumes the investigation and prosecution of criminal activities that involve the use of ICT and

at national and transnational level. This unit will depend on: * Central Brigade of Technological Investigation, corresponding to the investigation of criminal activities related to the protection of minors, privacy,

and

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

fraud. * Central Computer Security Brigade, which is responsible for investigating criminal activities that affect

logical security Logical Security consists of software safeguards for an organization’s systems, including user identification and password access, authenticating, access rights and authority levels. These measures are to ensure that only authorized users are a ...

and fraud.

References

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