Audiencia Nacional

National Court
Audiencia Nacional
Audiencia Nacional headquarters, in Madrid
Established	January 1977, 4; 47 years ago (4-01-1977)
Jurisdiction	Spain
Location	Calle García Gutiérrez, 1, Madrid
Authorised by	Judiciary Organic Act
Appeals to	Supreme Court
President
Currently	José Ramón Navarro
Since	8 January 2014

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The Audiencia Nacional (Spanish pronunciation: [awˈðjen.θja naθjoˈnal]; English: National Court) is a high court in Spain with jurisdiction over all of the Spanish territory. It is specialised in certain kinds of crime, having original jurisdiction over major crimes such as those committed against the Crown and its members, terrorism, currency counterfeiting, credit/debit card and check fraud, certain kinds of business crime committed across regional borders, as well as drug trafficking, food and medical fraud committed on a nationwide level as well as over international crimes which come under the competence of Spanish courts. (LOPJ § 65). It has also appellate jurisdiction over the cases of the Criminal Chamber of the National Court (LOPJ § 64).^[1]

Most of the rulings of the National Court can ultimately be appealed before the Supreme Court. Its seat lies in Madrid, at Calle García Gutiérrez, 1, located across the Plaza Villa de Paris from the Supreme Court.

The Audiencia Nacional was created in 1977 at the same time as the Court of Public Order, an exceptional court created during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, ceased to exist.