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189:. The office consists of around thirty federal magistrates ("assistant prosecutors") and is led by the federal prosecutor. As of 2020, the incumbent federal prosecutor is Frédéric Van Leeuw. The federal magistrates and federal prosecutor are not permanent members of the office; they are members of the other Belgian prosecutor's offices who are appointed for a five-year federal mandate. 22: 205:
and prosecute cases that belong to its jurisdiction, in conjunction with the other prosecutor's offices. These are cases that exceed the jurisdiction of the other prosecutor's offices or that meet certain criteria, such as cases involving human trafficking, terrorism, crimes related to
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To ensure the coordination of investigations or prosecutions by the other prosecutor's offices, by providing support or by centralising multiple concurrent investigations at one office.
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over the entire Belgian territory, unlike the other prosecutor's offices which are associated to a particular court or
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To facilitate international judicial cooperation, by providing support with regards to
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with criminal jurisdiction. The office fulfills its duties under the authority of the
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The federal prosecutor's office has four main duties:
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