Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime
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The Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime (Spanish: Centro de Inteligencia contra el Terrorismo y el Crimen Organizado, CITCO) is the Spanish domestic intelligence agency responsible for the prevention of terrorism, organized crime and other violent radical organizations by managing and analyzing all internal information of the country. It was formed in October 2014 by merging of the National Anti-Terrorism Coordination Center and Intelligence Center against Organized Crime.
History
The agency was created on October 15, 2014 by the Royal Decree 873/2014, of 10 October 2014, which modified the Royal Decree 400/2012, of 17 February 2014, by which the basic structure of the Ministry of the Interior was developed.[1] The agency resulted from the merged of two predecessor domestic intelligence agencies, the National Anti-Terrorism Coordination Center (CNCA) and the Intelligence Center against Organized Crime (CICO) under the
Functions
CITCO is responsible for the reception, integration and analysis of the strategic information available in the fight against
- To receive, integrate and analyze information and operational analysis related to organized or especially serious crime, terrorism and violent radicalism that are relevant or necessary for the elaboration of strategic and prospective criminal intelligence in relation to these phenomena, both in its national and international projection, integrating and channeling to the State Security Forces and Corps all the operational information that it receives or captures.
- To dictate, determine and establish, in the cases of joint or concurrent intervention, the coordination and action criteria of the operative units of the State Security Forces and Corps, and of those with other intervening agencies, according to their competencies support the intervention.
- To prepare annual reports on the situation of organized crime, terrorism and violent radicalism in Spain, as well as a periodic assessment of the threat in these fields.
- To develop and disseminate statistical information related to these matters and in particular to drug trafficking.
- To propose national strategies against organized crime, terrorism and violent radicalism and update them on a permanent basis, coordinating and verifying their development and implementation.
- To establish, within the scope of their powers, the corresponding relationships with other centers or similar units of the European Union, their Member States or third countries
Personnel
The agency´s personnel is composed from the
Directors
- National Police Chief Commissioner José Luis Olivera Serrano, acting director from 2014-2015 and director from 2015-2018.[5]
- Civil Guard Colonel Francisco Montes López, acting director in July 2018.[6]
- Civil Guard Brigadier general Ángel Alonso Miranda, director from 2018 to 2020.[7]
- Civil Guard Brigadier general Manuel Navarrete Paniagua, director since September 2020.[8]
See also
- Terrorism in Spain
- Spanish Armed Forces Intelligence Center
- General Commissariat of Information
- Civil Guard Information Service
References
- ^ Royal Decree 873/2014, of October 10, by which modifies the Royal Decree 400/2012, of 17 of February, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior is developed boe.es
- ^ "Interior crea un centro de inteligencia de terrorismo y crimen organizado". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ ÓRGANOS DE COORDINACIÓN DEPENDIENTES DEL SECRETARIO DE ESTADO DE SEGURIDAD, EL CENTRO DE INTELIGENCIA CONTRA EL TERRORISMO Y EL CRIMEN ORGANIZADO
- ^ "Royal Decree 952/2018, of July 27, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Interior". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ interior.gob.es José Luis Olivera, new CITCO's director Archived 2015-12-04 at the Wayback Machine 27 January 2015, retrieved 2 July 2018
- ^ "El cese del comisario Olivera del CITCO marca un punto y aparte en 'Las cloacas de Interior'". www.publico.es. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "El general de la Guardia Civil Ángel Alonso Miranda dirigirá el Citco". La Vanguardia. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "El general de la Guardia Civil Manuel Navarrete, nuevo director del Centro de Inteligencia contra el Terrorismo y el Crimen Organizado". 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2020.