General Commissariat of Judiciary Police

The General Commissariat of Judiciary Police (Spanish: Comisaría General de Policía Judicial, CGPJ) is an intelligence service within the National Police Corps of Spain responsible for the investigation of organized crime, economic and monetary crimes or cybercrime. CGPJ is also in charge of investigating drug trafficking, gambling control and collecting intelligence for the police corps.

Not to be confused with General Council of the Judiciary.
General Commissariat
of Judiciary Police
Comisaría General de Policía Judicial
Emblem of the General Commissariat of Judiciary Police
Agency overview
FormedNovember 10, 1958 (1958-11-10)
JurisdictionSpain
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Agency executive
Parent agencyDirectorate-General of the Police
Websitewww.policia.es

The CGPJ was created in 1958 as General Commissariat of Criminal Investigation (CGIC) and renamed as General Commissariat of Judiciary Police in 1978.

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