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Special Investigations Bureau

Conducts specialized criminal investigations, including public corruption, organized crime, and other offenses within its statutory jurisdiction.

Art. 6.04 ↗ · Sources consulted:

Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales · Special Investigations Bureau · NIE

NIEState-levelActive

Spanish legal name: Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales. Spanish legal names are retained. Some English names are functional translations.

Official websiteThe mapPractice
Government level
State-level
Branch or grouping
Executive
Type
Bureau
Sources consulted
Oct 18, 2026

What it does

  • Investigates offenses within the concurrent jurisdiction listed by law, including public-integrity offenses and white-collar crime.Art. 6.04(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:
  • Develops investigative techniques and criminal-information analysis for matters requiring specialized expertise.Art. 6.06 ↗ · Sources consulted:
  • Cooperates with other agencies and justice institutions in matters and procedures authorized by its law.Arts. 6.04–6.06 ↗ · Sources consulted:

In everyday life

A specialized public-corruption investigation may fall within NIE’s concurrent jurisdiction. That explains its institutional role without determining which agency or prosecutor handles a particular case.Art. 6.04(a)(11) ↗ · Sources consulted:

Safety & justice ↗

How to distinguish it from other institutions

Concurrent jurisdiction means other agencies may also have authority over a matter. It should not be read as exclusive responsibility for every crime.Art. 6.04 ↗ · Sources consulted:

NIE is a DSP bureau. The Police is a separate institution that current law removes from that department; their names are not interchangeable.Nota inicial; Art. 1.06(e) ↗ · Sources consulted:

Official services and information

Confirm requirements, forms, and schedules on the linked official portal.

Where it fits

Map groupings support navigation; they do not themselves establish reporting authority.

Legal basis

Act 20-2017, chapter 6, arts. 6.01–6.06, as amended. Article 1.06(e) identifies succession to the NIE established under Justice Reorganization Plan 5-2011.Cap. 6; Art. 1.06(e) ↗ · Sources consulted:

The enabling reference is a reading aid. Consult applicable texts and amendments in official sources; directory cards can retain older references.

Leadership & appointments

Special Investigations commissioner

The commissioner directs daily operations and is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Immediate administrative supervision belongs to the Secretary of Public Safety.Art. 6.02 ↗ · Sources consulted:

A name is not published without current verification of the role.

Appointment
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Confirmation
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Term end
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An absent name does not imply a vacancy. Names from the seed report are not automatically treated as current officeholders.

Governance & composition

The law provides for a commissioner under the Secretary of Public Safety’s supervision rather than a corporate governing board. Statutory coordination committees serve different purposes.Arts. 1.06, 6.02 ↗ · Sources consulted:

Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026

Sources & method

The consultation date is not the institution’s own update date.

  1. DSP — Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales ↗https://www.dsp.pr.gov/negociados/negociado-de-investigaciones-especialesSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
  2. https://nie.pr.gov/ ↗https://nie.pr.gov/Sources consulted: Verification pending
  3. Pages - Informes de las Agencias​ ↗https://transicion2024.pr.gov/Agencias/Pages/default.aspxSources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
  4. Ley 20-2017 — Departamento de Seguridad Pública (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/20-2017.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Jul 17, 2026
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