English translation of "Policia Judicial" - "Judicial Police"

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252 months ago

Eva Pavon (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Law / Certificates
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Policia Judicial
Context:	National Crime Squad or Crimin
Keywords:	-

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251 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

Criminal Investigation Department

My references:

Eurodicautom

251 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

....or simply "criminal (police) department"

251 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

Criminal Investigation Department

My comment:

I do not understand the question since the answer is contained in the context provided.

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251 months ago

Vicki Santamaria wrote:

I would go with this translation because "squad" is too colloquial, and because in Costa Rica, the same type of police dept. is called "la Organizaci�n de Investigaci�n Judicial". This is to distinguish them from traffic police, municipal guards, and rural guards.

251 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

Judiciary police

My comment:

Taken from Lacasa/Bustamante legal dicitionary

252 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

Judicial Police

My comment:

This is just a guess. I am not at all sure. This is a literal answer

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252 months ago