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ARGENTINA

SIDE - Secretariat of State
Intelligence (Secretaria de Intelligence de Estada).
AUSTRALIA

ASIS - Australian Secret Intelligence
Service.
Notes: ASIS based upon Britain's SIS (MI6) and responsible for
overseas intelligence collection.
ASIO - Australian Security
Intelligence Organization.
Notes: ASIO based upon Britain's Security Service (MI5) and responsible
for domestic intelligence collection.
BAHRAIN
SIS - Security
and Intelligence Service
BELARUS

BKGB - Committee on State Security (Belorussian
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti).
BELGIUM

SE - State Security Service
(Surete de l Etat).
Notes: Internal/Federal security service within Ministry of Interior.
SGI - General Intelligence
and Security Service.
Notes: Two services responsible for foreign and domestic intelligence
collection and security of country from external interference.
BRAZIL
ABIN - Brazilian National Intelligence Agency
(Agencia Brasileira de Inteligencia Nacional).
BULGARIA

NSS - National Security Service
CANADA
CSIS - Canadian Security Intelligence
Service (Service Canadien du Renseignement de Securite).
CHILE*

DSPI - Directorate of Public
Security and Intelligence (Direccion de Seguridad Publica e Informaciones.
Notes: Intelligence gathering, anti-terrorist unit, crime monitoring
service within Ministry of Interior.
PI - Investigations Police (Policia de Investigaciones).
Police agency under Ministry of Interior that investigates crime,
collects criminal and security data and has threads with intelligence
community.
CHINA

MPS - Ministry of Public Security
(Gongyong Anquan Bu).
Notes: Law enforcement, internal security collection and domestic
security solutions.
MSS - Ministry of State Security (Guojia Anquan Bu).
Notes: State security including counterespionage and counter-revolutionary
activities.
CUBA

DGI - General Intelligence
Directorate (Direccion General de Inteligencia).
CZECH
REPUBLIC

BIS - Security Information Service (Bezpecnostni
informacni sluzba).
Notes: Organization run by civil authority responsible for counterintelligence,
intelligence collection. Has divisions dedicated to fighting extremism,
crime and the security of state secrets. BIS also runs an overseas
foreign intelligence service at its embassies across the globe.
DENMARK

PET - Police Intelligence Service (Politiets
Efterretnigstjenestre).
Notes: Domestic intelligence gathering and counterespionage activities.
EGYPT

GISS - General Intelligence and Security
Committee (Mukhabarat al-Aama).
Notes: Agency for covert collection of foreign intelligence primarily
acquired from Europe and Middle East neighbors. Also coordinates
domestic intelligence gathering.
GDSSI - General Directorate for State Security Investigation (Jihaz
Amn al Daoula).
Notes: Counter terrorism and internal security functions.
MIS - Military Intelligence Service (Mukhabarat el-Khabeya). Intelligence
collection on threats to security of country and military matters.
ESTONIA

KAPO - Security Police Board (Kaitsepolitseiamet).
Notes: Domestic intelligence responsibilities, counter terrorism,
counterintelligence and a variety of anti-criminal activities.
MID - Military Intelligence Department.
Domestic intelligence gathering and counterintelligence.
FINLAND

SUPO - Security Police (Suojelupoliisi).
Notes: Responsible for domestic security and counterintelligence
measures.
FRANCE

DGSE - General Directorate
for External Security (Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure).
Notes: Foreign intelligence collection and counter espionage
service overseen by the Ministry of Defence.
DPSD - Directorate for Defence Protection and Security (Direction
de la Protection et de le Securite de la Defence).
Notes: Responsible for security of personnel, information of sensitive
installations and bases.
BRGE - Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Brigade (Brigade de
Renseignements et de Guerre Electronique).
Notes: Supports Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM).
GERMANY

BND- Federal
Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst).
Notes: Responsible for intelligence collection and providing threat
assessments.
MAD - Military Security Service (Militaerischer Abschirmdienst).
GREECE

EYP - Hellenic National Intelligence Service
(Ethniki Ypiresia Pliroforian).
HUNGARY

NBH - National Security Office
(Nemzetbiztonsagi Hivatal).
Notes: Counterintelligence and domestic security agency.
ICELAND

IDF - Iceland Defence Forces.
Notes: Tiny intelligence unit supported by United States intelligence
system.
INDIA

JIC - Joint Intelligence Committee.
CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation.
Notes: Acts as liaison unit between India and Interpol.
IRAN

SAVAMA - National Intelligence
Security Organisation (Sazamaneh Ettela at va Amniateh Mihan).
Notes: The former Shahs intelligence service (SAVAK) defunct in
1979 and absorbed by SAVAMA in turn absorbed by Ministry of Intelligence
and Security (Vezarat-e Ettelaat va Amniat-e Keshvar) VEVAK/MOIS.
Many Iranians, however, still refer to Irans primary intelligence
service as SAVAMA.
IRELAND

Security and Intelligence
Bureau.
Notes: Responsible for counterespionage, antiterrorism and other
defence activities.
G3 - Intelligence Section.
Notes: Part of the armed forces with responsibilities collecting
military intelligence and identifying issues that may affect security.
ISRAEL

GSS - Shin Bet - General Security Service
(Sherutha-Bitacho ha Klai).
Notes: Domestic intelligence and security service.
Mossad - Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks (ha-Mossad
le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim).
Notes: Foreign intelligence organisation and covert operations.
ITALY

SISDe - Intelligence and Democratic
Security Service (Servizio per le informazioni e la Sicurezza
Democratica).
Notes: Civil organisation tasked with counterintelligence, counrerespionage
and domestic and international terrorism control.
SISMI - Service for Information and Military Security (Servizio
per le informazioni e la Sicurezza Militaire).
Notes: Military intelligence gathering plus various foreign intelligence
tasks and threat awareness. Service also oversees signals intelligence
collection (SIGINT) and assists counterintelligence and counterespionage
measures.
JAPAN

PSIA - Public Security Investigation
Agency (Koan Chosa Koancha).
Notes: Falls under the Ministry of Justice.
JORDAN

GID - General Intelligence
Department (Mukhabarat).
KAZAKHSTAN

KNB - Committee for National Security.
KENYA

NSIS - National Security Intelligence Service.
LITHUANIA

STT - Special Investigations
Service (Organizacija Kovai su Kurupcija).
LUXEMBOURG

SREL - Luxembourgish State
Intelligence Service (Service de Renseignements de I Etat Luxembourgeois).
Notes: Provides international intelligence and is responsible
for homeland security, and counter-espionage.
MACEDONIA

AR - Macedonian Intelligence Service.
MEXICO

CISEN - Center for Investigation and National
Security (Centro de Investigacion y Seguridad Nacional).
Notes: Main responsibility is collection of domestic intelligence
and counter intelligence.
MOLDOVA

ISS - Intelligence and Security Service.
MONGOLIA

SSAM - State Security Agency of Mongolia.
Notes: Referred to as GIS (General Intelligence Service).
NETHERLANDS

AIVD - General Intelligence
and Security Service
MID - Military Intelligence Service (Militaire Inlichtingendienst).
Notes: Provides intelligence for Dutch military forces and occasionally
counterintelligence operations.
NEW
ZEALAND

NZSIS - New
Zealand Security Intelligence Service.
Notes: Domestic intelligence collection, security assessments,
antiterrorism and anti-espionage.
EAD - External Assessment Bureau
Notes: Provides security assessments from intelligence collected
externally.
GCSB - Government Communications Security Bureau.
Notes: Signals intelligence, communications. Operates as UKUSA
signals intelligence arm in Southeast Asia within Echelon electronic
interceptions system.
NIGERIA

NSO - Nigerian
Security Organisation.
NIA - Nigerian Intelligence Agency.
SSS - State Security Service.
NORTH
KOREA

RDEI - Research Department
for External Intelligence.
Notes: Primary foreign intelligence gathering service.
Cabinet General Intelligence Bureau.
Notes: KWP Central Committee overseas major security agencies
in North Korea.
SSD - State Security Department.
Notes: Internal and foreign intelligence collection. Also combats
anti-state activities.
NORWAY

POT - Police Security Service
(Politiets overvakingstjeneste).
Notes: Domestic intelligence gathering, counterespionage and counterterrorism
responsibilities. POT reports to Norways Ministry of Justice.
PAKISTAN

IB - Intelligence Bureau
ISI - Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence
PERU

SIN* - The Security
Service (*under review)
PHILIPPINES

NICA - National Intelligence Coordinating
Agency.
Notes: Coordinates the intelligence collection activities of the
various government instrumentalities.
POLAND

UOP - Official State Protection
Agency (Urzad Ochrony Panstwa).
Notes: Responsible for both foreign and domestic intelligence
gathering.
MSWiA - Ministry of International Affairs and Administration (Ministerstwo
Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji).
FBI-type organisation.
PORTUGAL

SIRP - Intelligence System of the Republic of Portugal (Sistema
de Informacoes da Republica Portuguesa).
Notes: SIRP intended to be central information point for several
intelligence gathering agencies, including Security Intelligence
Service - SIS, Military Intelligence Service - SIM, and Defence
Strategic Intelligence Service - SIED.
ROMANIA

SRI - Romanian
Intelligence Service
Notes:
Intelligence structure under review
RUSSIA

FSB - Federal Security Service (Federalnaia
Sluzhba Besopasnosti.
Notes: Primary responsibilities are counterintelligence, counter-terrorism,
fighting organised crime and corruption.
SVR - Foreign Intelligence Service (Sluzhba Vneshnogo Razvedky).
Notes: Foreign intelligence gathering and global espionage.
FAPSI - Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information
(Federalnoie Agenstwo Prawitelstwennoi Swjazii Informazii).
Notes: Electronic espionage and security measures.
GRU - Main Intelligence Agency (Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie).
CSR - Central Intelligence Service (Centralnaya Sluzhbza Razvedky).
FSK - Federal Counterintelligence Service (Federalnaya Sluzhba
Kontr-razvedky.
SOUTH AFRICA

NIA - National Intelligence
Agency.
Notes: Domestic and counterintelligence organisation.
USEFUL GOVERNMENT INTERNET SITE
http://www.gov.za/dept/sass/
SASS - South African Secret
Service.
Notes: Responsible for foreign intelligence gathering.
SOUTH KOREA

NIS - National Intelligence
Service.
Notes: Domestic and counterintelligence
organisation.
SPAIN

CNI - National Intelligence
Centre (Centro Nacional de Inteligencia).
Notes: Formerly known as CESID. Domestic security, counterintelligence
and foreign intelligence gathering. Responsible for SIGINT.
SERBIA*

Notes: Intelligence structure
under review
SWEDEN

IB - Intelligence Bureau (Informations
Byran).
Notes: Domestic security and counterintelligence.
SAPO - National Security Service (Sakerhetspolisen).
National security intelligence organisation also called Security
Police.
SWITZERLAND

BAP - Federal Office of Police (Bundesamt
fur Polizei).
Notes: Internal security and counterespionage operations.
SYRIA
GID - General Intelligence Directorate.
Notes: Intelligence collection, state security.
MIS - Military Intelligence Service (Mukhabarat).
Notes: Counterintelligence and internal security issues.
TURKEY

MIT - National Intelligence
Organisation (Milli Istihbarat Teskilati).
Notes: Responsible for intelligence and counterintelligence activities
- also acquires intelligence from abroad.
General Directorate for Security (Emniyet Genel Mudurlugu).
Notes: Domestic security operations and collection of intelligence
information from with Turkey.
UKRAINE

SSU - The Security Service
of Ukraine.
YEMEN

PSO - Political Security Organisation.
Notes: Reports to Security Council and domestic and counterintelligence
activities.
CSO - Central Security Organisation.
Notes: Internal security and protection of important government
locations.
UNITED
KINGDOM
MI5
- British Security Service.
Brief Notes: Domestic security and counterintelligence agency
overseen by the Home Office.
MI6 - British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).
Brief Notes: Foreign intelligence gathering organisation overseen
by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
GCHQ - Government Communications Headquarters.
Brief Notes: Signals intelligence (SIGINT).
DIS - Defence Intelligence Staff.
Brief Notes: Ministry of Defence.
JIC - Joint Intelligence Committee.
Notes: Central coordination body for all UKs intelligence agencies.
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

CIA - Central Intelligence
Agency.
Brief Notes: Information collection through its Directorate of
Operations and Directorate of Science and Technology.
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Brief Notes: Primary US counterintelligence organisation; emphasis
on countering terrorism at home and abroad. A division of the
Department of Justice.
NSA - National Security Agency.
Brief Notes: Technical collection of foreign signals intelligence
(SIGINT). Activities includes communications signals intelligence
(COMINT) and electronic intelligence (ELINT).
NRO - National Reconnaissance Office
Brief Notes: Spaceborne intelligence collection organisation.
DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency
Brief Notes: All source intelligence collection to wider US intelligence
community; threat assessments.
Homeland Security.
ZIMBABWE

CIO Central Intelligence Organisation
WORLDWIDE
ORGANIZATIONS
INTERPOL

International Criminal Police
Organization
OECD Financial Action Task Force
on Money Laundering (FATF)
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