Prosecutor General's Office

What Prosecutor General's Office does

The Prosecutor General's Office (Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství) is the apex body of the Czech Republic's public prosecution system, headquartered in Brno at Jezuitská 585/4, and operating under the Ministry of Justice. It supervises a hierarchical nationwide network of 86+ offices comprising two High Public Prosecutor's Offices (Prague, Olomouc), seven Regional Offices, two Municipal Offices (Prague, Brno), ten District Offices in Prague, and approximately 65 District Offices across the country. Its core mandate, established by Article 80 of the Czech Constitution and Law No. 283/1993 Coll. on Public Prosecution, is to perform criminal prosecution, supervise the legality of pre-trial proceedings, represent the public accusation in court, and protect the public interest in non-criminal matters such as juvenile protection and involuntary hospitalization oversight.

The organization has no commercial revenue model; it is funded through state budget appropriations. Its 'technology' footprint is institutional rather than product-oriented: an official website (verejnazaloba.cz), electronic filing systems accessible via data boxes (Datová schránka), email with digital signature, and traditional postal/fax channels. Supporting services include standardized Freedom of Information request forms under Act No. 106/1999 Coll., criminal proceedings guidance, and an annual Activity Report (Zpráva o činnosti) published by the Supreme Office. Customer segments are entirely public: Czech citizens, legal entities, and EU/international authorities engaged in cross-border criminal cooperation through Eurojust, OLAF, the European Judicial Network, and other bodies.

The institution traces its lineage to 1437 (Office of Royal Prosecutor) and has been reorganized at major political junctures — 1848, 1918, and 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The current structure took effect on January 1, 1994. Leadership transitioned in 2025 with JUDr. Lenka Bradáčová, Ph.D. becoming Supreme Public Prosecutor, succeeding JUDr. Igor Stříž (2021–2025) and JUDr. Pavel Zeman (2011–2021). Recent operational activity includes a 2026 administrative lawsuit against a patent decision, a V4 regional cooperation declaration on children's rights, and ongoing recruitment for European Delegated Prosecutor roles within the EPPO.

Name

Prosecutor General's Office

Legal name

Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství (Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office of the Czech Republic)

Website

https://verejnazaloba.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Prosecutor General's Office (Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství) is the Czech Republic's apex public prosecution authority, headquartered in Brno, supervising a hierarchical network of 86+ prosecution offices that perform criminal prosecution, oversee pre-trial proceedings, and represent the public interest in courts under the Ministry of Justice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Prosecution Services

NAICS

Legal Counsel and Prosecution (922130)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAFAB

Prosecution & District/State Attorney Services

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPAIABAF

State/Provincial Corrections, Probation & Parole Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIAFAH

Court Services & Operations (Clerks, Records, Jury, Interpreters)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

Keywords

• Criminal prosecution services
• Public prosecution system
• Pre-trial supervision
• Criminal justice authority
• Legal prosecution services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brno

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Prosecutor General's Office (Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství) is the highest body of the Czech Republic's hierarchical public prosecution system. It supervises the legality of pre-trial criminal proceedings, represents public accusation in criminal courts, and protects public interest in non-criminal matters such as juvenile protection, domestic violence prevention, and administrative oversight. Services are delivered through 86+ offices including the Supreme, two Upper, seven Regional, two Municipal, and District/Circuit Public Prosecutor's Offices.

Product overview

The Prosecutor General's Office (Prosecutor General's Office) operates the Public Prosecution System of the Czech Republic — a hierarchical, multi-tiered governmental structure comprising the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office in Brno (Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství), two Upper Public Prosecutor's Offices (Prague and Olomouc), seven Regional Public Prosecutor's Offices, two Municipal Public Prosecutor's Offices, and numerous District/Circuit Public Prosecutor's Offices nationwide. The core mission is to perform criminal prosecution, supervise preliminary criminal proceedings, and represent public interest in court. The system also handles non-criminal matters including juvenile protection, domestic violence prevention, and involuntary hospitalization oversight. Supporting services include criminal complaint filing guidance, freedom of information requests, electronic filing systems, and extensive international cooperation through Eurojust, Europol, OLAF, and other bodies. Annual activity reports (Zpráva o činnosti) document system-wide performance and criminal trends.

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Products and services

• Zpráva o činnosti státního zastupitelství (Annual Activity Report) Annual comprehensive report published by the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office summarizing the activities, statistics, and key findings of the public prosecution system, including trends in criminality and casework outcomes. Targeted at the public, legal professionals, and government stakeholders.
• Trestní řízení (Criminal Proceedings Guidance) Information and guidance services provided to citizens about criminal proceedings, including how to file criminal complaints, understand the criminal process, and know their rights as victims or witnesses. Targeted at Czech citizens and legal entities involved in or impacted by criminal proceedings.
• Svobodný přístup k informacím (Freedom of Information Service) Service enabling citizens to request information from public prosecutor's offices pursuant to Act No. 106/1999 Coll. (Freedom of Information Act), including standardized forms for natural and legal persons. Provided free of charge with possible fees for extensive information searches.
• Elektronická podatelna (Electronic Filing System) Electronic submission system allowing citizens to file criminal complaints and other submissions electronically via data box, email with digital signature, or physical data carriers. Available through district prosecutor's offices across the Czech Republic.
• Mezinárodní spolupráce (International Cooperation)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Eurojust (European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 February 2002Eurojust was established by Council Decision of 28 February 2002 to reinforce combatting serious organized crime. The Czech Republic is represented by National Member JUDr. Pavel Zeman and Deputy Mgr. Lukáš Starý. Eurojust facilitates coordination of cross-border investigations and prosecutions among EU Member States.
• OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999The Prosecutor General's Office is the contact point for forwarding information and cooperation with OLAF in criminal law matters. Within the AFCOS network, it acts as exclusive contact point for OLAF in criminal law and for reports of criminal-law discrepancies. The SEFC Department monitors criminal proceedings impacting EU budget revenues with damage of at least 10,000 EUR.
• European Judicial Network (EJN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEJN facilitates judicial cooperation between EU Member States in combatting serious crime by supporting informal direct contacts between judicial authorities. The Czech Republic has 11 contact points in the network, including representatives from the Prosecutor General's Office International Affairs Department (JUDr. Světlana Kloučková, Mgr. Danuta Koné-Król, JUDr. Přemysl Polák).
• Council of EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Council of Europe was established in 1949 to secure cooperation among member states in democracy and human rights protection. Czech Republic has been a member since 1993. Representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office actively participate in COE committees on mediation in criminal matters, role of public prosecution, crime problems, and anti-money laundering.
• OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOECD promotes free market principles and serves as forum for searching solutions to common problems. The Czech Republic has been a member since December 1995. Public prosecutors from the Department of Serious Economic and Organized Crime participate in OECD Working Group on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and OECD Task Force on Tax Crimes.
• CARIN (Camden Assets Recovery Inter-Agency Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARIN is an informal network improving knowledge and experience in cross-border cooperation for identification, seizure, and confiscation of proceeds of crime. The Czech Republic has been a member since 2005 and a member of the Steering Committee since 2010. In 2010, the Czech Republic presided over the network and organized a conference in Prague.
• GRECO (Group of States against Corruption)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRECO was founded by the Council of Europe in 1999 to improve capacity of members to fight corruption through mutual evaluation. It has 50 members. The Czech Republic has been a member since 2002, represented by delegates from the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of the Interior.
• MONEYVAL (Committee of Experts on Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMONEYVAL is a permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe assessing compliance with international standards to counter money laundering and financing of terrorism. It has 30 members and bases activities on FATF recommendations.
• IAP (International Association of Prosecutors)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAP is a non-governmental worldwide organization of Public Prosecutors established in 1995 in Vienna to improve standards of professional conduct, support rule of law, justice, human rights, and international cooperation. Members for Czech Republic are the Prosecutor General's Office and Union of Public Prosecutors.
• CCPE (Consultative Council of European Prosecutors)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCPE was established by Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in 2005 as advisory body. It elaborates opinions for implementing Recommendation Rec(2000)19 on the role of public prosecution. Member for Prosecutor General's Office is JUDr. Jana Zezulová, Ph.D.
• EPAC/EACN (European Partners Against Corruption)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPAC is an informal network of national supervisory police and anti-corruption authorities of EU and Council of Europe member states. The Czech Republic is represented by the Department for Investigation of Corruption and Financial Crime of the Criminal Police.
• IAACA (International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAACA is a non-governmental organization established in 2006 at UN Office in Vienna to promote exchange of information on legislation, investigation, prevention, and education in anti-corruption. The Prosecutor General's Office attends IAACA meetings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bundesanwaltschaft (Federal Prosecutor General of Germany): Germany's federal-level prosecution authority, responsible for high-security and terrorism cases as well as international cooperation. Shares Eurojust and EJN membership with the Czech office and operates in a closely neighboring legal tradition.
• European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO): The supranational prosecution office of the European Union, headquartered in Luxembourg, with which the Czech Prosecutor General's Office actively cooperates and to which it delegates European delegated prosecutors. It is the most directly comparable institutional peer given its prosecution mandate and shared casework.
• Hungarian Office of the Prosecutor General (Legfőbb Ügyészség): Hungary's national prosecution authority, a direct V4 peer (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian prosecutors jointly signed the 2026 High Tatras Declaration on child rights). Performs an analogous hierarchical prosecution function within a shared Central European legal space.
• Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office (Federale Procureur / Parquet fédéral): Belgium's federal-level prosecution authority coordinating complex, cross-border, and terrorism cases within the EU. A small-jurisdiction federal-prosecutor peer operating in a closely related EU legal environment.
• Austrian Generalbundesanwaltschaft (Federal Prosecutor's Office): Austria's federal-level prosecution authority responsible for high-court criminal matters and international judicial cooperation. A Central European peer with strong cooperation ties via Eurojust and the European Judicial Network.
• Slovak General Prosecutor's Office (Generálna prokuratúra Slovenskej republiky): The prosecution service of Slovakia, sharing historical roots with the Czech office under the former Czechoslovak system. Performs an essentially identical constitutional function (criminal prosecution, supervision of pre-trial proceedings) within a closely related Central European legal framework.
• Polish National Public Prosecutor's Office (Prokuratura Krajowa): The national prosecution authority of Poland, a neighboring EU member with a comparable hierarchical structure (Prokurator General/Krajowy overseeing regional and district prosecutors). Engages with the same Eurojust, OLAF, and European Judicial Network frameworks as the Czech office.

Broad incumbents

• Crown Prosecution Service (UK): The principal public prosecution service for England and Wales, operating as an independent statutory body rather than under a hierarchical office. Compares as a broader reference for caseload scale, public accountability frameworks, and digital case-management practice.
• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): The federal executive department of the United States responsible for law enforcement and prosecution. While covering a far broader scope (FBI, DEA, U.S. Attorneys), it serves as a reference peer for institutional scale, international cooperation models, and policy influence in cross-border cases.

Others

• Eurojust (European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation): The EU agency coordinating cross-border investigations and prosecutions, in which the Czech Prosecutor General's Office holds a national-member seat. Functions as an enabling infrastructure peer, not a direct competitor, but central to the Czech office's cross-border casework.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries7 records

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