Bureau of National Investigations

During Ghana's decolonization, it obtained India's help in setting up two intelligence services: The Foreign Service Research Bureau (external intelligence) and the Special Branch (domestic intelligence). ==Organization==

The Bureau of National Investigations, 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. The 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 The organization investigates crimes of any shape or form as enshrined in the constitution of Ghana. ==References==