List of intelligence agencies

This is a non-exhaustive 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

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Albania

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Algeria

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Argentina

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Armenia

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Australia

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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Bahamas

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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Barbados

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Belarus

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Belgium

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Botswana

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Brazil

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Brunei

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Bulgaria

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  • 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

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Canada

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Chad

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Chile

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People's Republic of China

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Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCCPC)

People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Colombia

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Croatia

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Internal and Foreign Intelligence

Military Intelligence

Cuba

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

Ministry of the Interior

Cyprus

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

Czech Republic

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Denmark

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Egypt

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Eritrea

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Estonia

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Ethiopia

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Finland

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France

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Gambia

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Georgia

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Germany

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Federal

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State

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  • Landesministerium des Innern: State Ministry of the Interior (different denominations from state to state)

Ghana

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Greece

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Guyana

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Hungary

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Iceland

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India

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Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)

National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)

Intelligence Bureau (India) (IB)

National Investigation Agency (NIA)

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)

Defence Intelligence Agency (India) (DIA)

Directorate of Military Intelligence (India) (MI)

Directorate of Naval Intelligence (India) (NI)

Directorate of Air Intelligence (India) (AI)

Joint Cipher Bureau (JCB)

Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CBN)

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)

Enforcement Directorate (ED)

Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN)

Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)

Indonesia

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Iran

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Iraq

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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

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Foreign & Domestic Military Intelligence (Defence Forces)

Domestic Police Intelligence (Garda Síochána)

Israel

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

Italy

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

Jamaica

  • Ministry of Finance and the Public Service[19]
    • Financial Investigations Division (FID)[20]

Japan

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Jordan

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Kazakhstan

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Kosovo

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Kenya

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Kyrgyzstan

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Lebanon

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Liberia

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Lithuania

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Luxembourg

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Madagascar

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  • Central Intelligence Service (CIS)[21]


Malaysia

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Mexico

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Moldova

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Mongolia

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Montenegro

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Morocco

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Myanmar

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Namibia

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Nepal

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Netherlands

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New Zealand

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Nigeria

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North Korea

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North Macedonia

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Norway

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Oman

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Pakistan

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National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC)

Palestine

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Office of the President of Palestine

Ministry of Interior

Panama

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Papua New Guinea

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Peru

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Philippines

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Poland

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Portugal

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Qatar

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Romania

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Russia

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Rwanda

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Saudi Arabia

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Serbia

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Civil Intelligence

Military Intelligence

Singapore

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Ministry of Defense (MINDEF)

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Slovakia

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Slovenia

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  • Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency - Slovenska Obveščevalno-Varnostna Agencija (SOVA)
  • Intelligence and Security Service of Slovenian Ministry of Defence - Obveščevalno Varnostna Služba (OVS)[36]
  • General Staff SAF – Section for intelligence matters – J2 - General štab SV – Sektor za obveščevalne zadeve – J2 (GŠSV-J2)[37]

Somalia

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South Africa

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South Korea

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Spain

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Sri Lanka

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Sudan

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Syria

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National Security Bureau

Taiwan

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Tajikistan

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

Tanzania

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Thailand

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Trinidad & Tobago

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Turkey

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Turkmenistan

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Ukraine

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United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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Domestic intelligence

Foreign intelligence

Signals intelligence

Criminal Intelligence and Protected Persons

United States

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Uruguay

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Uzbekistan

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

Venezuela

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Vietnam

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  • 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

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Zimbabwe

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European Union

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

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See also

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References

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