While this function is in theory exercised under the direction of the public prosecution, in practice the 1998 law on the police has significantly weakened the control of the public prosecutors over criminal investigations by taking the DGIC away from the Public Prosecution and reincorporating it into the Ministry of Security.
While this function is in theory exercised under the direction of the public prosecution, in practice the 1998 law on the police has significantly weakened the control of the public prosecutors over criminal investigations by taking the DGIC away from the Public Prosecution and reincorporating it into the Ministry of Security.