The Departament of Federal Police (Portuguese: DPF) is a federal law enforcement agency of Brazil and one of the three national police forces. The other two are the Federal Highway Police, and the National Force. From 1944 to 1967 it was called the Federal Public Safety Department (Portuguese: Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública). The Federal Police Department is responsible for combating crimes against federal institutions, international drug trafficking, terrorism, cyber-crime, organized crime, public corruption, white-collar crime, money laundering, immigration, border control, airport security and maritime policing. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. Legal authority The Federal Police's mandate was established in the first paragraph of Article 144 of the Brazilian Constitution, which assigns it the following roles: To investigate criminal offenses against political and social order, or against goods, services and interests of Brazilian federal government, its organs and companies, as well as interstate and international crime in a need of uniform repression in Brazil; To prevent and repress smuggling and drug trafficking; To be Brazil's maritime police, air transport enforcement agency, immigration agency and border patrol; To combat federal and interstate crime. Other federal statutes give the Federal Police the authority and responsibility to: Prevent and combat terrorism; Ensure the safety of foreign heads of state and heads of international organizations when visiting Brazil; Investigate cyber crime; Represent the International Police (Interpol) in Brazil; Prevent and repress crime against indigenous people; Investigate and repress public corruption and white-collar crime; Investigate and repress organized crime Regulate, via licensing, the sale, possession, and transportation of firearms and ammunition by civilian people in Brazil; Prevent crimes against the environment. Manage the national database of criminal's genetic profiles; Prevent and process the violation of human rights and civil rights; Investigate and repress money laundering; Assist the other Brazilian's police on investigations, when requested Run a witness protection program History In March 1944, the police department of the Federal District in Rio de Janeiro was transformed into the "Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública" (Federal Department of Public Safety), or DFSP. The aim was to create a police with jurisdiction in the whole country, not just in its original state. Despite its name change, initially the DFSP only served in the Federal District, but acted at the national level as the maritime police. In the first half of 1946, the DFSP was given national jurisdiction, especially in cases of the