Unidad Central Operativa

Central Operative Unit
Unidad Central Operativa
Emblem of the UCO
Active	1987
Country	Spain
Type	Judiciary Police
Size	550 agents
Part of	Civil Guard
Nickname(s)	UCO
Colors	Green
Insignia
Logotype
Service Badge
Graduate Badge

The Central Operative Unit (UCO) (Spanish: Unidad Central Operativa) is a specialized division of the Civil Guard of Spain responsible for the investigation and prosecution of the most serious forms of crime and organized crime, whether national or international, as well as support to the Territorial Units of Judicial Police, that, due to lack of personnel or resources, or because the criminal field is more than one autonomous communities, require the support of this Unit.

The main crimes that the UCO investigates are:

Also, the UCO has the duty to realize investigations ordered by a judge, a court or a prosecutor.