District Public Prosecutors Office
Abbreviation of 地方検察庁. Used in news and legal contexts to refer to a district-level prosecutors office.
See also: 地方検察庁
地検は容疑者を起訴した。
The district public prosecutors office indicted the suspect.
The police referred the case to the district prosecutors office.
The district prosecutors office indicted the suspect.
The district prosecutors office conducted a search of the company's office.
The Special Investigation Unit of the Tokyo District Prosecutors Office began its investigation.
検察庁 is the general term covering prosecutors' offices at all levels, while 地検 specifically refers to the district-level office.
高検 (short for 高等検察庁) is the higher-level, appellate prosecutors' office, while 地検 is the lower, district-level office; the two abbreviations are easy to mix up.
Abbreviation of 地方検察庁 (District Public Prosecutors Office).