DOJ may be ready to break up Google. It needs to convince a judge first.

The Justice Department apparently wants Google's empire to be broken up, but it has to convince a judge that should happen first.

The process starts Wednesday when US prosecutors are expected to submit a document in federal court outlining specific remedies after successfully arguing in a landmark trial that Google ran its search engine empire as an illegal monopoly.

The DOJ is expected to ask for Google's Alphabet parent (GOOG, GOOGL) to sell off its Chrome browser, according to a report in Bloomberg. The Wall Street Journal reported that divestments could include the Android mobile operating system if Google doesn't meet certain conditions.

Prosecutors may also call for new data licensing requirements or an end to agreements that secure Google's search engine as a default on mobile devices and internet browsers.

DOJ outlined a framework of options last month, but the filing Wednesday is expected to be a lot more specific about what it wants to happen.