List of intelligence agencies

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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

  • State Intelligence Service
    (SHISH) – Sherbimi Informativ Shteteror

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

  • State Security Service
    (Dövlət Təhlükəsizliyi Xidməti)
  • Foreign Intelligence Service (Xarici Kəşfiyyat Xidməti)
  • Financial Monitoring Service
    (Maliyyə Monitorinqi Xidməti)

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

  • VSSE
    (State Security Service)
  • ADIV / SGRS (ADIV/SGRS) (General Intelligence and Security Service, military intelligence)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

  • Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN)
  • Federal Police Department
    (DPF) (counterintelligence agency)
  • Gabinete de Segurança Institucional (Institutional Security Bureau) (GSI) Responds directly to the president's office and the armed forces. Coordinates some intelligence operations.
  • Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil
    (Federal Revenue Secretariat) (RFB) (General Coordination for Research and Investigations - Coordenação-Geral de Pesquisa e Investigação - Copei)

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

Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCCPC)

People's Liberation Army (PLA)

State Council of the People's Republic of China

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Croatia

Internal and Foreign Intelligence

  • Sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija
    (SOA) (Security and Intelligence Agency)

Military Intelligence

  • Vojna sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija
    (VSOA) (Military Security and Intelligence Agency)

Cuba

Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Ministry of the FAR (MINFAR)

  • Military Counterintelligence Directorate

Ministry of the Interior

  • Dirección General de Inteligencia
    (DGI)

Cyprus

  • Cyprus Intelligence Service (CIS) (Κυπριακή Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών)(ΚΥΠ), (former Central Intelligence Service-KYP)

Czech Republic

Denmark

Egypt

  • Gihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma
    (GIS) (General Intelligence Service)
  • Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Harbyya wa al-Istitla
    (OMIR) (Office of Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance)
  • Al-amn al-Watani
    (HS) (Homeland Security)

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

  • National Intelligence and Security Service
    (NISS)

Finland

  • Ministry of Defence
  • Ministry of Interior
    • Finnish Security Intelligence Service
      (SUPO) – Suojelupoliisi / Skyddspolisen

France

Gambia

  • State Intelligence Services (the Gambia) (SIS)

Georgia

  • State Security Service
    (SSSG) − სახელმწიფო უშიშროების სამსახური
  • Georgian Intelligence Service (GIS) − საქართველოს დაზვერვის სამსახური
  • Georgian Armed Forces
    • Military Intelligence Department

Germany

Federal

  • Bundeskanzleramt: Federal Chancellery
    • Bundesnachrichtendienst
      (BND): Federal Intelligence Service
  • Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI): Federal Ministry of Interior
  • Bundespolizei: Federal Police
    • Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (IKTZ): Center for information and communication technology
  • Bundeswehr: Federal Defense Force
    • Militärischer Abschirmdienst
      (MAD): Military Counterintelligence Service

State

  • Landesministerium des Innern: State Ministry of the Interior (different denominations from state to state)
    • Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz (LfV)
      : (semi-independent) State Authority for the Protection of the Constitution for every single state

Ghana

Greece

Guyana

Haiti

Hungary

  • Információs Hivatal (IH) (Information Office)
  • Alkotmányvédelmi Hivatal
    (AH) (Constitution Protection Office)
  • Terrorelhárítási Központ
    (TEK) (Counter Terrorism Centre)
  • Nemzetbiztonsági Szakszolgálat (NBSZ) (Special Service for National Security)
  • Nemzeti Információs Központ (NIK) (National Information Center)

Iceland

India

Military Intelligence

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Foreign & Domestic Military Intelligence (Defence Forces)

Domestic Police Intelligence (Garda Síochána)

Israel

  • Mossad (Foreign Intelligence and Special Operations)
  • Shin Bet (Internal Security Service)
  • Aman (Military intelligence)
  • Lahav 433 (Police intelligence)

Italy

Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza (DIS) - Department of Information for Security

Jamaica

  • Ministry of Finance and the Public Service[14]
    • Financial Investigations Division (FID)[15]

Japan

Jordan

  • General Intelligence Department (GID) - (
    Da’irat al-Mukhabarat al-’Ammah
    )


Kenya


Kyrgyzstan


Lebanon

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg State Intelligence Service - (
    Service de Renseignement de l'État Luxembourgeois
    )

Madagascar

  • Central Intelligence Service (CIS)[16]


Malaysia

Mexico

Moldova

  • Information and Security Service (SIS)[19]

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco


Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

  • Directorate of Military Intelligence
    (DMI)
  • National Investigation Department
    (NID)

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Norway

  • Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet
    (NSM) (National Security Authority)
  • Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste
    (PST) (Police Security Service)
  • Etterretningstjenesten
    (NIS) (Norwegian Intelligence Service)
  • Forsvarets sikkerhetstjeneste
    (FOST) – Norwegian Defence Security Service (NORDSS)

Oman

Pakistan

National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC)

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

  • Foreign Intelligence Agency -
    Agencja Wywiadu
    (AW)
  • Internal Security Agency -
    Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego
    (ABW)
  • Military Intelligence Service - Służba Wywiadu Wojskowego (SWW)
  • Military Counter-intelligence Service -
    Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego
    (SKW)
  • Operations and Investigations Directorate of the Border Guard Headquarters - Zarząd Operacyjno-Śledczy Komendy Głównej Straży Granicznej (KGSG, ZOŚ, KGSG)

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

  • Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) – Serviciul Român de Informații
  • Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) – Serviciul de Informații Externe
  • Special Telecommunication Service (STS) – Serviciul de Telecomunicații Speciale
  • Ministry of National Defence
    • General Directorate for Defense Intelligence
      (DGIA) – Direcția Generală de Informații a Apărării
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs
    • General Directorate for Internal Security
      (DGPI) – Direcția Generală de Protecție Internă

Russia

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

  • Council of Political and Security Affairs (CPSA) – مجلس الشؤون السياسية والأمنية
  • General Intelligence Presidency
    (GIP) – رئاسة الاستخبارات العامة
  • Presidency of State Security (PSS) – رئاسة أمن الدولة
    • Mabahith (GDI) – المباحث العامة
  • Saudi Arabia Ministry of Defense
    (MOD) – وزارة الدفاع
    • Saudi Arabia Border Guards
      Intelligence Directorate – استخبارات حرس الحدود
  • The National Cyber Security Commission[26] (NCSC) – الهيئة الوطنية للأمن السيبراني

Serbia

Civil Security and Intelligence

Military Security and Intelligence

  • Military Security Agency
    – Војнобезбедносна агенција (VBA)
  • Military Intelligence Agency
    – Војнообавештајна агенција (VOA)

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)[27]
  • General Staff SAF – Section for intelligence matters – J2 - General štab SV – Sektor za obveščevalne zadeve – J2 (GŠSV-J2)[28]

Somalia

  • National Intelligence and Security Agency
    (NISA)

South Africa

  • State Security Agency (SSA)
  • South African National Defence Force, Intelligence Division
    (SANDF-ID)
  • Crime Intelligence Division, South African Police Service

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

National Security Bureau

Taiwan

Tajikistan

  • State Committee for National Security (SCNS) – Кумитаи давлатии амнияти милли (КДАМ)/Государственный комитет национальной безопасности (ГКНБ)

Tanzania

Thailand

Trinidad & Tobago

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Domestic intelligence

Foreign intelligence

Signals intelligence

Criminal Intelligence and Protected Persons

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

  • State Security Service - Davlat Xavfsizlik Xizmati (DXX)/ Служба государственной безопасности (СГБ)

Venezuela

  • Bolivarian National Intelligence Service
    - Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (SEBIN)
  • Directorate General of Military Intelligence
    – Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)

Vietnam

  • Ministry of National Defence
    • General Department of Defence Intelligence
      (GDDI)/General Department II - Tổng cục Tình báo Quốc phòng (TBQP)/Tổng cục II (TC2)
  • 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

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