National Bureau of Criminal Investigation
| Irish: An Biúró Náisiúnta um Imscrúdú Coiriúil | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1997 |
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Headquarters |
Harcourt Street, Dublin (D2) 53°20′03.5″N 6°15′50.3″W / 53.334306°N 6.263972°W |
| Employees | Undisclosed |
| Annual budget | Undisclosed (part of Garda Síochána budget, €1.34 billion in 2014) |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent agency | National Support Services Garda Síochána
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| Website | Official website |
The National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) (Irish: An Biúró Náisiúnta um Imscrúdú Coiriúil) is the main national criminal investigative branch of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland. The unit is responsible for the investigation of serious and organised crime nationwide. It was formed in 1997 with the amalgamation of a number of national and specialist investigation units. The Garda NBCI is headed by a Detective Chief Superintendent, who reports to the Assistant Commissioner in charge of National Support Services. The bureau is headquartered at Harcourt Street, Dublin City, and operates throughout the country.
The Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation consists mainly of detectives, who are generally senior investigators, and is headed by an officer of Detective Chief Superintendent rank. The head of the Garda NBCI reports to the Assistant Commissioner in charge of National Support Services, who reports directly to the Garda Commissioner. The NBCI was established in 1997, centralising other investigative branches around the country, as a response to the proliferation of serious and organised crime. Its main function is to provide a specialist investigative response to serious criminal activity, supporting other Garda units and/or local investigators in their investigation into serious crimes. The NBCI is the main unit within the Gardaí that investigates internal Garda criminality and corruption.
The NBCI works closely with other Garda units, and law enforcement agencies from other countries when there is an international dimension to investigations, such as the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Metropolitan Police Service and National Crime Agency (NCA) in the United Kingdom.
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