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[[File:Prokuratura by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|Lithuanian public prosecutor's office in [[Vilnius]]]]
'''The German Staatsanwaltschaft''' or public prosecutor’s offices are criminal justice bodies attached to the judiciary but separate from the courts.
{{Short description|Authority responsible for law enforcement and prosecution service}}
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'''Public prosecutor's offices''' are [[criminal justice]] bodies attached to the [[judiciary]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
In Germany, the police have to investigate every single crime reported and consequently send all investigations to the ''Staatsanwaltschaft''. The public prosecutor reviews the police’s findings and decides whether to indict the accused or halt the proceedings.
 
They are separate from the courts in [[Germany]], [[Austria]] and the German-speaking parts of [[Switzerland]], and are called the '''Staatsanwaltschaft''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanˌvaltʃaft|lang|audio=De-Staatsanwaltschaft.ogg}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
In court, the approximately 5,200 public prosecutors in Germany are the prosecuting counsels. Unlike judges, public prosecutors are civil servants and therefore subject to the orders of their superiors.
 
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This kind of office also exists in [[China]], [[Taiwan High Prosecutors Office|Taiwan]] and [[Macau]] (which continues to follow the [[Portuguese legal system]]), [[North Korea]], and in some countries in Central Europe including [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Slovenia]], [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
 
==See also==
* [[Prosecution]]
* [[Parquet (legal)]]
* [[Public prosecutor's office (France)]]
* [[Public prosecutor's office (Germany)]]
* [[Public Prosecutors Office (Japan)]]
* [[Public Prosecutors Office (Brazil)]]
* [[Public Prosecutors Office (Honduras)]]
* [[Crown Prosecution Service]]
* [[Director of Public Prosecutions]] (in the Commonwealth)
 
==External links==
* [http://www.euro-justice.com/member_states/germany/country_report/2787/ Eurojustice Report on Germany]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233657/http://www.euro-justice.com/member_states/austria/country_report/1362/ Eurojustice Report on Austria]
 
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[[Category:Law enforcement in Germany]]
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