Legal analysis: Criminal investigation and economic investigation are a division of labor within the public security organs, and the criminal investigation, economic investigation and public security cases under the jurisdiction of the public security bureau are different. Economic investigation mainly deals with ordinary criminal cases related to the economy: crimes of disrupting market order (such as contract fraud), crimes of infringing intellectual property rights, crimes of endangering tax collection and management, crimes of financial fraud, and crimes of disrupting financial order (such as counterfeiting currency). The criminal investigation department handles ordinary criminal cases except economic crimes, such as crimes against public security; Crime of smuggling; Cases of infringing citizens' personal rights and democratic rights (such as intentional homicide, etc.). ); Property infringement cases (such as robbery, theft, fraud, etc. According to China's Criminal Procedure Law, investigation refers to the special investigation work and related compulsory measures carried out by public security organs and people's procuratorates in the process of handling cases according to law. 2. Economic investigation: With the development of the country and economy and the rise of various economic crimes, the public security economic investigation department was formally established by the criminal investigation department in the 1990s. It is a professional policeman who is responsible for cracking down on economic crimes. It is composed of the Economic Crime Investigation Corps of the Public Security Department (hereinafter referred to as the Economic Investigation Corps) and the Economic Investigation Sub-bureaus (brigades) of various public security counties. The Economic Investigation Corps is responsible for investigating major economic crimes such as securities and futures in this city, and the subject of the crime is foreign citizens. It's hard to say which is better, criminal investigation or economic investigation, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. From the perspective of professional training and personal growth and progress, criminal investigation is better. After all, it is the real mainstream business of public security organs.
Legal basis: Article 115 of the Criminal Procedure Law, public security organs investigate criminal cases that have been put on file, and collect and obtain evidence of the criminal suspect's guilt or innocence, light or heavy crimes. An active criminal or a major suspect may be detained in advance according to law, and a criminal suspect who meets the conditions for arrest shall be arrested according to law.