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The Direction Régionale de Police Judiciaire de Paris (DRPJ Paris), often called 36, Quai des Orfèvres by its address, is the headquarters of the Criminal Division of the Police Nationale in Paris.

The Criminal Division investigates cases which involve infractions like drug trafficking, prostitution, racketeering, and homicides (today only the most complex homicides, such as those involving serial killers).

"36 quai des Orfèvres" is often erroneously believed to be the address of the Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire, the national authority of the criminal police.

In fiction and films

• Commissaire Maigret, a fictional police detective created by Belgian writer Georges Simenon was based at the Quai des Orfèvres.
• 36, Quai des Orfèvres is a 2004 film by Olivier Marchal, starring Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu and André Dussollier.
• 36, Quai des Orfèvres also figures in the novel Long Lost by Harlan Coben.

See also

• French National Police