Criminal Investigation Agency (, Bareskrim) is one of central executive agencies of Indonesian Police Force. Bareskrim is led by (Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency), a three-star general in Indonesian National Police. Bareskrim conducts inquiries into a variety of

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s, and is in charge of forensic laboratory. The agency is currently led by (Police Commissioner General)

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. Officers from this unit wear civilian attire on duty.

Organisation

The organisation of Bareskrim consists of:Struktur Organisasi Polri
Polri * Leadership Element ** Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency () ** Vice Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency () * Auxiliary elements of leadership and Operational Staff ** Bureau of Development and Operation () ** Bureau of Planning and Administration () ** Bureau of Investigation Supervision () ** Bureau of Coordination and Supervision of Civil Servants Investigator () * Special Executive Element ** Forensic Laboratory Centre () ** Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System Centre () ** National Criminal Information Centre () * Main Executive Element ** Directorate of General Crime Investigation () ** Directorate of

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() ** Directorate of Corruption-related Crimes () ** Directorate of

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() ** Directorate of

Cyber Crime Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks. It has been variously defined as "a crime committed on a computer network, especially the Internet"; Cybercriminals may explo ...

() ** Directorate of Energy Resources and Environmental Crimes (), handles such as environmental crime, wildlife, fishery, forestry, mine, oil and gas, energy and related.

Former Chiefs

* Police Commissioner General Listyo Sigit Prabowo (promoted as Chief of National Police) * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Idham Azis (then-promoted as Chief of National Police) * Police Commissioner General Arief Sulistyanto (currently Chief of Security Preserving Body) * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Ari Dono Sukmanto (then-promoted as Vice Chief of National Police) * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Anang Iskandar * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Budi Waseso * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Suhardi Alius * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Sutarman (then-promoted as Chief of National Police) * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Ito Sumardi * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Susno Duadji * Police Commissioner General (ret.) Bambang Hendarso Danuri (then-promoted as Chief of National Police)

References

{{reflist Specialist law enforcement agencies of Indonesia Criminal investigation