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This is a list of intelligence agencies by country. It includes only currently operational institutions which are in the public domain. The list is not intended to be exhaustive.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/17-agencies-of-the-us-intelligence-community-2013-5|work=Business Insider|title=These 17 Agencies Make Up The Most Sophisticated Spy Network In The World|author=Szoldra, Paul|date=May 11, 2013}}

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

{{Main|Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional}}

Armenia

  • National Security Service (NSS)
  • Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS){{Cite news |last=Bulghadarian |first=Naira |date=2023-10-05 |title=Armenia's First Foreign Intelligence Chief Named After 'Training' |url=https://www.azatutyun.am/a/32624669.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան |language=hy}}

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

  • Internal Security Department (Brunei){{cite web |author=IT Section, ISD |url=http://www.internal-security.gov.bn/ |title=Internal Security Department |publisher=Internal-security.gov.bn |access-date=2014-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116123441/http://www.internal-security.gov.bn/ |archive-date=2010-01-16 |url-status=dead }} (internal)

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

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Croatia

{{Main|Croatian security and intelligence system}}

Internal and Foreign Intelligence

Military Intelligence

Cuba

Cyprus

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

Czech Republic

Denmark

Egypt

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

{{see also|Ministry of Peace (Ethiopia)}}

Finland

France

{{Main|List of intelligence agencies of France}}

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

{{Main|List of intelligence agencies of Germany}}

= Federal =

= 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 ==

  • National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA){{Cite web |date=2023-04-30 |title=NISA and its predecessors |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/04/30/opinion/editorial/nisa-and-its-predecessors/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Stabroek News |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-28 |title=President Ali sets record straight on NISA establishment |url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2023/04/28/president-ali-sets-record-straight-on-nisa-establishment/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Guyana Chronicle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=KNews |date=2023-08-26 |title=NISA building officially renamed in honour of Dr. Roger Luncheon |url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2023/08/26/nisa-building-officially-renamed-in-honour-of-dr-roger-luncheon/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Kaieteur News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=INEWS |date=2023-04-29 |title=Pres Ali orders NISA Bill be sent to Parliamentary Select Committee; wants stakeholders input |url=https://www.inewsguyana.com/pres-ali-orders-nisa-bill-be-sent-to-parliamentary-select-committee-wants-stakeholders-input/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=INews Guyana |language=en-US}}
  • Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU){{Cite web |title=Financial Intelligence Unit (Guyana) |url=https://fiu.gov.gy/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Finance Intelligent Unit (Guyana) |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) |url=https://finance.gov.gy/about-us-2/agencies/financial-intelligence-unit-fiu/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Ministry of Finance |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-02-15 |title=The FIU and its power to track suspicious monetary transactions in Guyana |url=https://newsroom.gy/2017/02/15/the-fiu-and-its-power-to-track-suspicious-monetary-transactions-in-guyana/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=News Room Guyana |language=en-US}}

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

{{Main|Iranian Intelligence Community}}

Iraq

Prime Minister's Office

Ministry of Defence

  • Directorate-General for Intelligence and Security (DGIS){{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/42724/iraqi-directorate-general-intelligence-and-security-inaugurates-new-headquarters-facility|title=Iraqi Directorate General for Intelligence and Security Inaugurates New Headquarters Facility|publisher=dvids}}
  • Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI){{cite web|url=https://www.unitad.un.org/news/unitad-dmi-underline-importance-cooperation-ensure-accountability|title=UNITAD, DMI Underline Importance of Cooperation to Ensure Accountability|publisher=UNITAD}}

Ministry of Interior

  • Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency (FIIA){{cite web|url=https://www.eeas.europa.eu/euam-iraq/euam-iraq-met-federal-intelligence-and-investigations-agency_und_en?s=1500|title=EUAM Iraq met with the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency|publisher=European Union Advisory Mission Iraq}}

Ireland

Israel

{{Main|Israeli Intelligence Community}}

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

Italy

{{Main|Italian intelligence agencies}}

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

== Jamaica ==

  • Ministry of Finance and the Public Service{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Finance & Public Service – Development Through Excellent Service |url=https://www.mof.gov.jm/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |language=en-US}}
  • Financial Investigations Division (FID){{Cite web |title=Financial Investigations Divisions – Taking the profit out of Crime |url=https://www.fid.gov.jm/www/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |language=en-US}}

Japan

Jordan

Kosovo

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

  • Central Intelligence Service (CIS){{cite web| url = http://www.presidence.gov.mg| title = Présidence de la République de Madagascar}}

Malaysia

  • Malaysian Defence Intelligence Organisation (Military Intelligence){{cite journal |last1=Mahadzir |first1=Dzirhan |year=2008 |title= Securing Southeast Asia: The Politics of Security Sector Reform by Mark Beeson; Alex J.Bellamy Review by: Dzirhan Mahadzir|journal=Contemporary Southeast Asia |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=338–339 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |doi=10.1355/CS30-2J |doi-broken-date=16 January 2025 |s2cid=153254375 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/256505/ }}
  • Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (Foreign Intelligence)
  • Malaysian Special Branch (Police & Internal Intelligence){{cite web|url=http://polismalaysia.brinkster.net/Royal%20Malaysian%20Police%20Force%20-%20SB.asp|title=Special Branch|access-date=2010-07-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221062004/http://polismalaysia.brinkster.net/Royal%20Malaysian%20Police%20Force%20-%20SB.asp|archive-date=2013-02-21}}

Mali

  • {{Interlanguage link|National State Security Agency|fr|Agence nationale de la sécurité de l'État (Mali)}} (ANSE){{Cite web |title=Mali |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/mali/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2023-02-04 |title=Malian State Security suspected of financing Russian Wagner mercenaries |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/02/04/malian-state-security-suspected-of-financing-russian-wagner-mercenaries_6014423_4.html# |access-date=2025-05-19 |language=en}}
  • ANSE replaced the former Directorate General for External Security (DGSE) in 2021{{Cite web |last=msindebou |date=2021-10-20 |title=Sécurité d’État : pourquoi remplacer la DGSE par l'ANSE ? |url=https://www.studiotamani.org/28437-securite-d-etat-pourquoi-remplacer-la-dgse-par-l-anse |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Studio Tamani - Informations, débats, magazines : toute l’actualité du Mali, en 5 langues |language=fr-FR}}

Mexico

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

  • General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance - Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST)
  • Deuxième Bureau (Morocco) - Military secret service{{cite web |title=A Constellation of Outposts: French Intelligence Services and the Administration of the French Protectorate of Morocco, 1912-1937 |url=https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/41121253/WADIA-DISSERTATION-2018.pdf?sequence=1 |website=DASH Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard |publisher=Harvard Library |access-date=9 May 2023}}
  • Directorate of Research and Documentation - Direction Generale pour l'Etude et la Documentation (DGED)

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

{{Main|New Zealand intelligence agencies}}

Nigeria

North Korea

  • Reconnaissance General Bureau{{cite news|title=Kim Jong-nam: Who in North Korea could organise a VX murder?|work=BBC News|date=24 February 2017|access-date=2017-05-13|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39073839}}
  • Ministry of State Security{{cite book|last1=Stares|first1=Paul B.|last2=Wit|first2=Joel S.|title=Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czRXfh0g-fcC&pg=PA13|year=2009|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|isbn=978-0-87609-426-6|page=13}}

North Macedonia

{{Main|List of intelligence agencies of North Macedonia}}

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine

Office of the President of Palestine

  • General Intelligence Service (GIS, {{langx|ar| جهاز المخابرات العامة|jihaz al-mukhābarāt al-ʻĀmmah}}){{Cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.net/encyclopedia/2016/1/20/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9|title=المخابرات العامة الفلسطينية|website=Aljazeera}}

Ministry of Interior

  • Palestinian Security Services(PSS, {{langx|ar| الأجهزة الأمنية الفلسطينية|al-Ajhizah al-Amnīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah}})
  • Palestinian Preventive Security(PPS, {{langx|ar| الأمن الوقائي الفلسطيني|al-Amn al-wiqāʼī al-Filasṭīnī}})[http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=10400&CategoryId=21 The Palestinian Security Services: Past and Present]. MIFTAH, 30 May 2006The Associated Press mentioned the number of 5,000 members, located in Gaza, as of January 2005: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060926030427/http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/01/19/sections/nation_world/world/article_381197.php Palestinian security forces]. Associated Press, 19 January 2005
  • Palestinian National Security Forces(NSF, {{langx|ar| قوات الامن الوطني الفلسطيني|Qūwāt al-amn al-Waṭanī al-Filasṭīnī}})[https://books.google.com/books?id=icV4k__xMmgC&pg=PA160 Entry-points to Palestinian Security Sector Reform], Appendix A, p. 157-161. Roland Friedrich and Arnold Luethold, DCAF, 2007
  • Palestinian Military Intelligence Service (MI, {{langx|ar| الاستخبارات العسكرية|al-Astakhabarat al-'Askariyah}})

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){{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/world/panama/lopez.pdf |title=INTELIGENCIA ESTRATEGICA|publisher=fas.org|date=3 May 2004|access-date=14 July 2022}}
  • National Intelligence and Security Service - Servicio Nacional de Inteligencia y Seguridad (SENIS){{cite web|url=https://irp.fas.org/world/panama/lopez.pdf|title=REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ ÓRGANO EJECUTIVO|publisher=presidencia.gob.pa|date=20 August 2008|archive-url=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 |archive-date=19 March 2009|access-date=14 July 2022}}

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

{{Main|List of intelligence agencies of Poland}}

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

{{see also|Russian intelligence agencies}}

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
  • Armed Forces Intelligence and Security Commission – هيئة استخبارات وأمن القوات المسلحة
  • The National Cyber Security Commission{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1186926/saudi-arabia|title=Saudi Arabia sets up new commission to boost cybersecurity|date=2 November 2017}} (NCSC) – الهيئة الوطنية للأمن السيبراني

Serbia

Civil Intelligence

Military Intelligence

Singapore

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){{cite web|url=http://www.mo.gov.si/en/about_the_ministry/organization/intelligence_and_security_service/|title=Intelligence and Security Service|publisher=mo.gov.si|date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503233247/https://www.gov.si/drzavni-organi/ministrstva/ministrstvo-za-obrambo/|archive-date=3 May 2022|access-date=14 July 2022}}
  • General Staff SAF – Section for intelligence matters – J2 - General štab SV – Sektor za obveščevalne zadeve – J2 (GŠSV-J2){{cite web|url=http://www.slovenskavojska.si/en/structure/general-staff/|title=General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces|publisher=slovenskavojska.si|date=2 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802005536/http://www.slovenskavojska.si:80/en/structure/general-staff/|archive-date=2 August 2015|access-date=14 July 2022}}

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

{{Main|Spanish Intelligence Community}}

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

{{Main|Swiss intelligence agencies}}

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

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

Tanzania

Thailand

Trinidad & Tobago

  • Strategic Services Agency (SSA){{Cite web |title=Office of The Prime Minister - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |url=http://www.opm.gov.tt/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=www.opm.gov.tt}}
  • Ministry of National Security{{Cite web |title=Ministry of National Security – Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |url=https://nationalsecurity.gov.tt/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |language=en-US}}
  • Trinidad & Tobago Police Service (TTPS)
  • Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit{{Cite web |title=Organised Crime And Intelligence Unit (OCIU) |url=https://www.ttps.gov.tt/Branches/Branches-N-S/Organised-Crime-And-Intelligence-Unit |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=www.ttps.gov.tt}}
  • Financial Intelligence Unit Trinidad and Tobago (FIUTT){{Cite web |title=Financial Intelligence Unit – Trinidad and Tobago |url=https://fiu.gov.tt/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=fiu.gov.tt}}

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

  • State Security Department{{cite web | url=https://css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/articles/article.html/190058 | title=News Article }}
  • Signals Intelligence Agency (SIA)

United Kingdom

{{Main|British intelligence agencies}}

  • Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO){{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/national-security/groups/joint-intelligence-organisation |title=Joint Intelligence Organisation |publisher=GOV.UK |access-date=2014-06-27}} – Joint intelligence analysis.

Domestic intelligence

  • Security Service/MI5{{cite web|url=https://www.mi5.gov.uk/ |title=The Security Service |publisher=MI5 |date=2014-02-28 |access-date=2014-06-27}} – Domestic counter terrorism and counter espionage intelligence gathering and analysis.
  • Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) – Counter terrorism and protecting critical national infrastructure.
  • National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit (NDEDIU){{cite web|url=http://www.npcc.police.uk/NationalPolicing/NDEDIU/AboutNDEDIU.aspx|title=National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit|publisher=National Police Chief's Council|access-date=21 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202030104/http://www.npcc.police.uk/NationalPolicing/NDEDIU/AboutNDEDIU.aspx|archive-date=2 February 2018|url-status=dead}} – Domestic counter extremism and public disorder intelligence gathering and analysis.
  • National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NBIS){{cite web|url=http://www.nabis.police.uk/ |title=National Ballistics Intelligence Service|publisher=Nabis.police.uk |access-date=2014-06-27}} – Illegal firearms intelligence analysis.
  • National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB){{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118482/general-guide-nfib.pdf|title=General guide to the NFIB|date=July 2010|publisher=City of London Police|access-date=21 January 2017}} – Economic crime intelligence gathering and analysis.

Foreign intelligence

  • Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)/MI6{{cite web|url=https://www.sis.gov.uk/ |title=Home page – SIS (MI6) |publisher=Sis.gov.uk |access-date=2014-06-27}} – Foreign intelligence gathering and analysis.
  • Defence Intelligence (DI){{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/defence-intelligence |title=Defence Intelligence – Detailed guidance |publisher=GOV.UK |date=2012-12-12 |access-date=2014-06-27}} – Military intelligence analysis.

Signals intelligence

  • Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ){{cite web |url=http://www.gchq.gov.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx |title=GCHQ Home page |publisher=Gchq.gov.uk |access-date=2014-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140801171031/http%3A//www.gchq.gov.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx |archive-date=2014-08-01 }} – Signals intelligence gathering and analysis.

Criminal Intelligence and Protected Persons

  • National Crime Agency (NCA){{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/intelligence-and-operations-directorate/intelligence|title=Intelligence|publisher=National Crime Agency|access-date=2017-01-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122011711/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/intelligence-and-operations-directorate/intelligence|archive-date=2017-01-22}} – Organised crime intelligence gathering and analysis. Agency utilizes Unexplained wealth orders and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.{{cite web |title=Crime and Courts Act 2013 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/part/1/enacted |website=www.legislation.gov.uk |access-date=17 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Criminal asset denial - National Crime Agency |url=https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/how-we-work/investigating-and-disrupting-the-highest-risk-serious-and-organised-criminals/criminal-asset-denial |website=nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk |access-date=17 May 2019}} NCA officers are posted overseas in around 50 countries.{{cite web |title=Intelligence: enhancing the picture of serious organised crime affecting the UK - National Crime Agency |url=https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/how-we-work/intelligence-enhancing-the-picture-of-serious-organised-crime-affecting-the-uk |website=www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk}} They operate the UK Protected Persons Service, which includes witness protection.{{cite news |title=What is life like in the UK's witness protection programme? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33863013 |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=12 August 2015}}
  • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority - Human trafficking, slavery, economic, and serious organised crime.

United States

Uruguay

  • National State Intelligence System - Sistema Nacional de Inteligencia de Estado (SNIE)
  • State Secretariat of Strategic Intelligence - {{ill|Secretaría de Inteligencia Estratégica de Estado|es|vertical-align=sup}} (SIEE)
  • National Police of Uruguay
  • National Directorate of Information and Intelligence - Dirección Nacional de Información e Inteligencia (DNII)

Uzbekistan

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

Venezuela

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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