List of intelligence agencies explained
This is a list of intelligence agencies by country. It includes only currently operational institutions.
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives.[1]
Afghanistan
Albania
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
See main article: Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional.
Armenia
Australia
See main article: List of Australian intelligence agencies.
Austria
Federal Ministry of the Interior
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
See main article: Bangladeshi intelligence community.
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
- VSSE (State Security Service)
- ADIV / SGRS (ADIV/SGRS) (General Intelligence and Security Service, military intelligence)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
- State Intelligence Agency (Държавна агенция „Разузнаване“ (DAR)) – overseas intelligence gathering service under the supervision of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
- State Agency for National Security (Държавна агенция за национална сигурност (DANS)) – national security service under the supervision of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
Burundi
Canada
Chad
Chile
People's Republic of China
See also: Chinese intelligence activity abroad and Chinese information operations and information warfare. Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCCPC)
People's Liberation Army (PLA)
Colombia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Croatia
See main article: Croatian security and intelligence system. Internal and Foreign Intelligence
Military Intelligence
Cuba
Communist Party of Cuba (PCC)Ministry of the FAR (MINFAR)
Ministry of the Interior
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
See also: Ministry of Peace (Ethiopia).
Finland
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Interior
France
See main article: List of intelligence agencies of France.
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
See main article: List of intelligence agencies of Germany.
Federal
Federal Chancellery
Federal Police
- Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (IKTZ): Center for information and communication technology
- Bundeswehr
Federal Defense Force
State
- Landesministerium des Innern: State Ministry of the Interior (different denominations from state to state)
(semi-independent) State Authority for the Protection of the Constitution for every single state
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Haiti
Hungary
Iceland
- The National Police Commissioner's Analysis Unit – Greiningardeild Ríkislögreglustjóra (GRLS)
- Icelandic Defense Agency's Analysis Unit – Greiningardeild Varnarmálastofnunar Íslands (GVMSÍ) (Defunct)
India
See main article: List of Indian intelligence agencies.
- External Intelligence
- Internal intelligence
- Counterterrorism
- Technical intelligence
- Financial Intelligence
Military Intelligence
Indonesia
- Foreign/Domestic Intelligence
- Military Intelligence
- Signals Intelligence
- Criminal Intelligence
- Financial Intelligence
Iran
See main article: Iranian Intelligence Community.
Iraq
Prime Minister's Office
Ministry of Defence
- Directorate-General for Intelligence and Security (DGIS)[16]
- Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI)[17]
Ministry of Interior
- Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency (FIIA)[18]
Ireland
Foreign & Domestic Military Intelligence (Defence Forces)
Domestic Police Intelligence (Garda Síochána)
Israel
See main article: Israeli Intelligence Community.
- Mossad (Foreign Intelligence and Special Operations)
- Shin Bet (Internal Security Service)
- Aman (Military intelligence)
- Lahav 433 (Police intelligence)
Italy
See main article: Italian intelligence agencies. Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza (DIS) - Department of Information for Security
- Internal Intelligence:
- External Intelligence:
- Military Intelligence:
Jamaica
- Ministry of Finance and the Public Service[19]
- Financial Investigations Division (FID)[20]
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
- Central Intelligence Service (CIS)[21]
Malaysia
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
See main article: New Zealand intelligence agencies.
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
See main article: List of intelligence agencies of North Macedonia.
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
See main article: Pakistani intelligence community. National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC)
- External Intelligence
- Defence Intelligence
- Internal Intelligence
- Economic Intelligence & Securities
- Other Intelligence
Palestine
Office of the President of Palestine
Ministry of Interior
Panama
- National Police Intelligence Directorate (DNIP) – Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Policial
- General Directorate of Analysis and Strategic Intelligence - Direccion General de Analisis e Inteligencia Estrategica (DGAIE)[35]
- National Intelligence and Security Service - Servicio Nacional de Inteligencia y Seguridad (SENIS)[36]
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
See main article: List of intelligence agencies of Poland.
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
See also: Russian intelligence agencies.
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Civil Intelligence
Military Intelligence
Singapore
Ministry of Defense (MINDEF)
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
Slovakia
Slovenia
- Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency - Slovenska Obveščevalno-Varnostna Agencija (SOVA)
- Intelligence and Security Service of Slovenian Ministry of Defence - Obveščevalno Varnostna Služba (OVS)[38]
- General Staff SAF – Section for intelligence matters – J2 - General štab SV – Sektor za obveščevalne zadeve – J2 (GŠSV-J2)[39]
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
See main article: Spanish Intelligence Community.
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
See main article: Swiss intelligence agencies.
Syria
National Security Bureau
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad & Tobago
- Strategic Services Agency (SSA)[40]
- Ministry of National Security[41]
- Financial Intelligence Unit Trinidad and Tobago (FIUTT)[43]
Turkey
- President of Turkey
- Ministry of the Interior
- Department of Smuggling, Intelligence, Operations and Information Collection (intelligence coordination)
- Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü (General Directorate of Security)
- Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü İstihbarat Başkanlığı (Intelligence Directorate)
- Terörle Mücadele Dairesi Başkanlığı(TEM) (Anti-Terrorism Department)
- Gendarmerie General Command
- Gendarmerie intelligence Directorate (law enforcement)
- Coast Guard Command
- Coast Guard Intelligence Directorate (law enforcement)
- Ministry of National Defense
- General Staff Intelligence Directorate (military intelligence)
- Army Intelligence Department (military intelligence)
- navy Intelligence Department (military intelligence)
- Air Force Intelligence Department (military intelligence)
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
See main article: British intelligence agencies.
Domestic intelligence
Foreign intelligence
Signals intelligence
- Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)[51] – Signals intelligence gathering and analysis.
Criminal Intelligence and Protected Persons
United States
See main article: United States Intelligence Community.
Uruguay
- National State Intelligence System - Sistema Nacional de Inteligencia de Estado (SNIE)
- State Secretariat of Strategic Intelligence - (SIEE)
- National Police of Uruguay
- National Directorate of Information and Intelligence - Dirección Nacional de Información e Inteligencia (DNII)
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
- Ministry of National Defence
- Ministry of Public Security
- Department of Information Processing and Intelligence Support (B01)/Cục Xử lý tin và hỗ trợ tình báo (B01)
- Asia Intelligence Bureau (B02)/Cục Tình báo châu Á (B02)
- US, Europe, Africa Intelligence Service (B03)/Cục Tình báo Mỹ - Âu - Phi (B03)
- Bureau of Secret Intelligence (B04)/Cục Tình báo phương thức mật (B04)
- Bureau of Economic, Scientific, Technical and Environmental Intelligence (B05)/Cục Tình báo kinh tế, khoa học, kỹ thuật và môi trường(B05)
Yemen
Zimbabwe
European Union
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
See also
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) . 2024-06-24 . Ministry of Finance . en-US.
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- http://dggi.gov.in/ Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI)
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- Web site: New Zealand Intelligence Community – About Us. New Zealand Intelligence Community . New Zealand Government. 25 August 2013.
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- Web site: Who are Force 17?. December 4, 2001. BBC.
- http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=10400&CategoryId=21 The Palestinian Security Services: Past and Present
- The Associated Press mentioned the number of 5,000 members, located in Gaza, as of January 2005: Palestinian security forces. Associated Press, 19 January 2005
- https://books.google.com/books?id=icV4k__xMmgC&pg=PA160 Entry-points to Palestinian Security Sector Reform
- http://www.nigelparry.com/diary/pa/pss1.html "There's a man with a gun over there..."
- Web site: INTELIGENCIA ESTRATEGICA. fas.org. 3 May 2004. 14 July 2022.
- Web site: REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ ÓRGANO EJECUTIVO. presidencia.gob.pa. 20 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090319215423/http://www.presidencia.gob.pa/decretosleyesseguridad/Decreto%20Ley%20que%20reorganiza%20el%20Consejo%20de%20Seguridad%20%20P%C3%BAblica%20y%20el%20Servicio%20Nal.%20de%20Inteligencia.pdf . 19 March 2009. 14 July 2022.
- Web site: Saudi Arabia sets up new commission to boost cybersecurity. 2 November 2017.
- Web site: Intelligence and Security Service. mo.gov.si. 8 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20220503233247/https://www.gov.si/drzavni-organi/ministrstva/ministrstvo-za-obrambo/. 3 May 2022. 14 July 2022.
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- Web site: Office of The Prime Minister - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . 2023-06-25 . www.opm.gov.tt.
- Web site: Ministry of National Security – Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . 2023-06-25 . en-US.
- Web site: Organised Crime And Intelligence Unit (OCIU) . 2023-06-25 . www.ttps.gov.tt.
- Web site: Financial Intelligence Unit – Trinidad and Tobago . 2023-06-25 . fiu.gov.tt.
- Web site: Joint Intelligence Organisation . GOV.UK . 2014-06-27.
- Web site: The Security Service . MI5 . 2014-02-28 . 2014-06-27.
- Web site: National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit. National Police Chief's Council. 21 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180202030104/http://www.npcc.police.uk/NationalPolicing/NDEDIU/AboutNDEDIU.aspx. 2 February 2018. dead.
- Web site: National Ballistics Intelligence Service. Nabis.police.uk . 2014-06-27.
- Web site: General guide to the NFIB. July 2010. City of London Police. 21 January 2017.
- Web site: Home page – SIS (MI6) . Sis.gov.uk . 2014-06-27.
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- Web site: GCHQ Home page . Gchq.gov.uk . 2014-06-27 . dead . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140801171031/http%3A//www.gchq.gov.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx . 2014-08-01 .
- Web site: Intelligence. National Crime Agency. 2017-01-21. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122011711/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/intelligence-and-operations-directorate/intelligence. 2017-01-22.
- Web site: Crime and Courts Act 2013 . www.legislation.gov.uk . 17 May 2019.
- Web site: Criminal asset denial - National Crime Agency . nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk . 17 May 2019.
- Web site: Intelligence: enhancing the picture of serious organised crime affecting the UK - National Crime Agency . www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk.
- News: What is life like in the UK's witness protection programme? . 17 May 2019 . 12 August 2015.