The UNTAET Crime Scene Detachment was the common title for an investigative unit created in the war-torn and newly liberated country of East Timor in November 1999, under the direction of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, consisting of International Police, Australian military police and New Zealand military police.
The unit was tasked with performing the exhumations of several hundred East Timorese homicide victims killed during the UN mandate for the East Timor mission.
After the crime scene detachment, the International Police assigned to the unit would investigate the case.
The International Police portion of the unit primarily worked out of Liquiçá and its surrounding districts, whereas the military element worked island-wide throughout East Timor.
Karl Clark, an original member of the unit, eventually played a pivotal role in human rights investigations in East Timor, while other unit police members moved on to other UN mission locations.