National Investigation Agency
About NIA
- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is a statutory body constituted under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008.
- It was created in 2008 post Mumbai terror attacks during the same year.
- It is a central agency to investigate and prosecute offences:
- affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India, security of State, friendly relations with foreign States.
- against atomic and nuclear facilities.
- smuggling in High-Quality Counterfeit Indian Currency.
- It implements international treaties, agreements, conventions and resolutions of the United Nations, its agencies and other international organisations.
- It acts as the Central Counter-Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency.
Why in News?
- In Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a massive search operation targeting the leaders and associates of the banned outfit, Popular Front of India (PFI).
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