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Bezbednosno Informativna Agencija (from Serbian Безбедносно Информативна Агенција, БИА; translated as the Security Information Agency) is Serbia's intelligence agency. The Law on the Security Information Agency of the Republic of Serbia came into effect on July 27th 2002. This Law for the first time in modern Serbian history separated civilian intelligence-security work from the Ministry of Interior.

“The Agency performs the tasks relating to: the protection of security of the Republic of Serbia; the discovery and prevention of activities threatening to undermine or disrupt the constitutional order of the Republic of Serbia; gathering, processing and analysis of security-intelligence and information significant for the security of the Republic of Serbia; informing the competent state authorities about such data; and other tasks defined by the Law.” (Article 2 of the Law on the BIA).

The Agency performs its tasks following the principles of constitutionality, legality, respect of human rights and basic freedoms, proportionality in applying its authorizations, secrecy, subordination, professionalism, objectivity, selectiveness and rationality.

The Agency is aware of the fact that if it wants to follow global trends in the development of regulations in this field it has to be ready for regular adaptation of the future law and sub-legal acts in order to achieve the full effect of the reforms. Great efforts are made to present the Security Information Agency as the protective system of Serbia and to prevent to ever again emerge aspirations to be above the people and the state. The new Regulation on Organization and Systematization of Working Positions in the BIA of 2004 introduced the position of the Inspector General with the aim of improving the internal work control.

The sphere of the Agency’s activities includes:

a) Counterintelligence activities Gathering, analyzing, processing and evaluating information on the activities of foreign intelligence services, individuals, groups and organizations in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, directed against the state security.

b) Intelligence activities Through activities carried out abroad and at home on gathering, analyzing, processing and evaluating information of political, economic, security and military nature, which refer to foreign countries, political, military and economic associations and organizations and which indicate the intentions and possibilities of covert work directed against the security of the Republic of Serbia.

c) Other security activities Prevention of activities directed towards performance of organized crime, criminal acts with elements of foreign, internal and international terrorism as well as the most severe criminal acts against humanity, International Law and Constitutional Order.