Overview
- Mayor Jaume Collboni and Catalonia’s chief prosecutor Francisco Bañeres signed the agreement on November 13, placing the unit under the functional authority of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
- The team of five officers and one sergeant will be based at the Ciudad de la Justicia and is slated to begin operations in January or early 2026.
- Agents will receive judicial‑police training to identify repeat offenders earlier, prevent suspended hearings, and channel cases to the appropriate courts.
- Planned tasks include support for urgent proceedings, locating and protecting victims, collaboration on gender‑based violence cases, coordination with other police forces, and inspections tied to labor or economic abuses.
- Authorities are finalizing access to the SIRAJ judicial registers to check final convictions, as officials cite roughly 280 repeat thieves linked to 1,776 detentions and 5,284 offenses in recent local data.