OIJ meaning in Governmental ?

Founded in 1973, the Judicial Investigation Department (Spanish, Organismo de Investigación Judicial, OIJ) is a dependency of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica. Since October 2015, its director has been Walter Espinoza Espinoza.

The Judicial Investigation Department is a subsidiary body of the Criminal Courts of Public Prosecutions and serves as an auxiliary entity of the Criminal Courts and the Public Ministry, to guarantee the impartiality, honesty and objectivity of criminal investigations. Its Organic Law stipulates that the OIJ will act on their own initiative–by denunciation or by order of competent authority in the investigation of crimes of public action–in the identification and preventive apprehension of the alleged offenders. It also aims to collect, secure and scientifically manage the evidence and other background information necessary for the investigation.

Likewise, the OIJ will act in the crimes of private action by order of competent authority after receiving the claim or accusation of the affected party.