Genetic Regulatory Agency

From Gothpoodle

The Genetic Regulatory Agency was established by the European Union in 2056. Later it was reorganized as a joint agency with the governments of Russia and Ukraine. Its administrative headquarters remain in Geneva, although since 2069 its center of operations has been in Kaliningrad.

The GRA exists to investigate and prevent the abuse of human genetic engineering. Much of its activity involves monitoring scientific literature and making recommendations to policy- forming bodies. GRA operatives also do a great deal of police work, investigating genetics labs and cooperating with local police to enforce genetic laws. The agency’s mission has recently been extended to deal with bioroid trafficking and the threat of genetic terrorism.

The GRA has authority only within the territory of the European Union, Russia, and Ukraine (although it works with other governments as necessary, to extradite criminals and help enforce local laws). Some allege that the GRA is biased toward a strongly Preservationist ideology, acting against transhumanism even when no danger to society has been demonstrated. Rumor also has it that the GRA operates a covert-activities branch, sabotaging genetic facilities of which the Europeans don’t approve but which are outside the agency’s direct sphere of authority.