Polícia Judiciária  The Polícia Judiciária (PJ; ) is the national criminal investigation police agency of Portugal, focused in fighting serious crimes, including homicides, kidnapping, organized crime, terrorism, illegal drug trade, corruption, cybercrime and financial crime. It is integrated into the Ministry of Justice, but operates under the supervision of the Public Ministry. Several countries and territories that were once overseas provinces of Portugal maintain criminal investigation police forces modeled after the Portuguese one, with some of them retaining also the name "Polícia Judiciária". These are the cases of Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Macau. The "Polícia Judiciária Militar" (Military Judicial Police) is a separate criminal investigation police agency that operates under the Ministry of National Defense. This agency is responsible for the investigation of military crimes and crimes committed among the Portuguese Armed Forces. The present "Polícia Judiciária" originates from a division of the old "Polícia Civil" (Civil Police). The "Polícia Civil" was founded on 2 July 1867, during the reign of Luís I of Portugal and changed its name to "Polícia Cívica" (Civic Police) in 1910. By decree of 29 August 1893, the "Polícia de Investigação Judiciária e Preventiva" (Judicial Investigation and Preventive Police) branch of the "Polícia Civil" was created. In 1922, this branch became the "Polícia de Investigação Criminal" (PIC, Criminal Investigation Police). In 1927, it became an autonomous police service under the Ministry of Justice. On 20 October 1945, the PIC changed its name to "Polícia Judiciária". The "Polícia Judiciária" is headed by a National Director, appointed together by the Prime-Minister and the Minister of Justice. Under the National Director, the PJ includes the following organic units:  The Polícia Judiciária is officially responsible for criminal investigation and evidence collection. In addition to this, almost all homicides in Portuguese territory are handled by the PJ (there is also the unrelated Polícia Judiciária Militar, the criminal investigation military police). The crime fighting work performed by the Polícia Judiciária is regularly shown in the Portuguese media. Major drug trafficking combat operations are often reported in the main Portuguese television networks and other media, as well as the dismantling of organized crime groups linked with terrorism, corruption, fraud, burglary, robbery, forgery and other crimes.