Bureau of National Investigations

Bureau of National Investigations
Abbreviation BNI
Established 1996
Legal status Active
Purpose Cyberwarfare
Counterintelligence
Internal security
Intelligence agency
Security agency
Region served
Ghana
Affiliations Ministry of National Security Ghana
Presidency of Ghana
Budget
undisclosed
Staff
undisclosed

The Bureau of National Investigations is the internal intelligence agency of Ghana.[1] Bureau of National Investigations |BNI is an integral part of the National Security Council which oversees matters of the counterintelligence and internal security of Ghana.[1] The Bureau of National Investigations |BNI has investigative jurisdiction to arrest or detain and interrogate over a wide range of criminal offenses.[1]

Among the duties of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) are dealing with organized crime and financial crime, espionage, sabotage, terrorism, hijacking, piracy, drug trafficking and providing intelligence to counter threats to Ghana's national security[1] and also perform such other functions as may be directed by the President or the Council.[2] The Bureau of National Investigations |BNI is legally a creature of, The Security and Intelligence Agencies Act (Act 526) 1996, having been continued in existence by Section 10 of that Act.[1] The BNI has undisclosed offices in all the ten regions of Ghana .[1]

Organization

The Bureau of National Investigations |BNI, previously known as the "Special Branch," is a counterintelligence and internal security agency, composed of civilian personnel whose role is to establish close surveillance over opponents of the Republic of Ghana and the Government of Ghana.[3] The Bureau of National Investigations |BNI has power to interrogate and detain people whom they suspect of subversion "without trial indefinitely, on grounds of national security of the Republic of Ghana. The |BNI has overriding statutory authority over other security services

References

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Security and Intelligence Agencies Act (Act 526) 1996, Ghana.
  2. ↑ "Functions Of The Intelligence Agencies". http://laws.ghanalegal.com. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ Ghana: Information on the Bureau of National Investigations |BNI and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
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