List of defunct intelligence agencies

Last updated June 13, 2025

Defunct intelligence agencies include the following: The list of this article is not exhaustive.

Agencies by country

Afghanistan

Istikhbarat (–1978)
Da Afghanistan da Gato da Saatane Adara (AGSA) (1978–1979)
KhAD-e-Nezami (Military Intelligence) (1978-1992)
Komite-ye Amniyat-e Melli (KAM) (1979)
Khedamat-e Etelea'at-e Dawlati (KhAD) (1980–1987)
Wazarat-e Amaniat-e Dowlati (WAD) (1987–1992)
National Directorate of Security (NDS) (2002–2021)

Albania

Drejtorija e Sigurimit të Shtetit (Sigurimi) (Directorate of State Security) (1944–1991)

Algeria

Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) (1990–2016)

Argentina

Batallón de Inteligencia 601 (601 Intelligence Battalion) (late 1970s–2000)
Central Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) (National Intelligence Center) (–2001)
Coordinación de Informaciones de Estado (CIDE) (State Information Coordination) (1946–1955)
División de Informaciones (Information Division) (1946–1955)
Secretaría de Informaciones de Estado (SIDE) (Secretariat of State Information) (1955–1956)

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Evidenzbureau (1850–1918)

Brazil

Serviço Nacional de Informações (SNI) (National Information Service) (1964–1990)
Departamento de Operações Internas-Centro de Operações de Defesa Interna (DOI-CODI) (Internal Operations Department-Centre for Internal Defence Operations) (1969–1984)
Subsecretaria de Inteligência (SSI) (Sub-Secretariat of Intelligence) (1990–1995)

Bulgaria

Durzhavna Sigurnost (DS) (1964–1989)

Canada

RCMP Security Service (1950–1984)

Chile

Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (National Directorate of Intelligence) (1973–1977)
Central Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) (National Intelligence Center)

China / Taiwan

Embroidered Uniform Guard (1368–1645)
Eastern Depot (1420–1644)
Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (1927–1946)
National Committee of Investigations and Statistics (1935–1949)
Taiwan Garrison Command (1945–1992)

Colombia

Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) (Administrative Department of Security) (1960–2011)

Finland

Ministry of Interior
- Etsivä keskuspoliisi (EK, 1919–1938)
- Valtiollinen poliisi (Valpo I, 1939–1944)
- Red Valpo (Valpo II, 1944–1948)
Finnish Defence Forces
- Intelligence Research Establishment (VKoeL, 1960–2014) – Viestikoelaitos / Signalprovanstalten
Ministry of Defence
- Military Intelligence Service (PVTK, 2007–2014) – Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto

France

Secret du Roi (King's Secret) (1746-1774)
Deuxième Bureau (Second Bureau) (1871–1940)
Renseignements Généraux (General Intelligence) (RG) (1937–2008)
Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action (Central Bureau of Intelligence and Operations) (BCRA) (1940-1943) , existed under different names along its existence. BCRA is the most known.
Direction générale des Services spéciaux [ fr ] (General Directorate of Special Services) (DGSS) (1943-1944)
Direction Générale des Études et Recherches (General Directorate for Studies and Research) (DGER) (1944-1945)
Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage (External Documentation and Counter-Espionage Service) (SDECE) (1945–1982)
Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (Directorate of Territorial Surveillance) (DST) (1944–2008)
Co-ordination unit of the fight against terrorism (Unité de coordination de la lutte anti-terroriste) (UCLAT) (1984-2020)

Federal Republic of Germany

Gehlen Organization ("The Org", "Zipper") (1946–1956)
Office/Center for Intelligence of the Federal Armed Forces [ de ] (ANBw/ZNBw) (1956-2007)

German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS or Stasi) (Ministry for State Security) (1950–1990)
- Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (HVA) (1955–1990)
Military Intelligence of the National People's Army (Militärische Aufklärung der Nationalen Volksarmee) (1956–1990)

German Reich

Abwehr (1920–1945)
Abteilung Fremde Heere Ost (Department Foreign Armies East) (1938–1945)
Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) (Secret State Police) (1933–1945)
Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP) (Secret Field Police) (1939–1945)
Sicherheitsdienst (SD) (Security Service) (1931–1945)
Reichssicherheitsdienst (RSD) (Reich Security Service) (1933–1945)
B-Dienst (Observation Service) (1918–1945)
Naval Intelligence Service, also called Nachrichten-Abteilung (1899–1919)
Abteilung III b (Department III b) (1889–1918)
Prussian Secret Police (1851–1933)

Haiti

Service d'Intelligence National (SIN) (National Intelligence Service) (1986–1991)

Hong Kong

Special Branch (1930–1995)

Hungary

Államvedélmi Osztály (ÁVO) (State Protection Department) (1948–1956)
Államvédelmi Hatóság (ÁVH) (State Protection Authority) (1945–1956)

Israel

ha-Lishka le-Kishrei Mada (Lekem or Lakam) (Bureau of Scientific Relations) (1957–1986)

Italy

Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (OVRA) (1927–1945)
Servizio Informazioni Militare (SIM) (1925–1949)
Servizio Informazioni Segrete (SIS) (1931–1943)

Indonesia

Komando Pemulihan Keamanan dan Ketertiban (Kopkamtib) (1965–1988)
Badan Koordinasi Stabilitas Nasional (Bakorstanas) (1988–2000)

Iran

Sazeman-i Ettelaat va Amniyat-i Keshvar (SAVAK) (National Organization for Intelligence and Security) (1957–1979)
Rokn-e-Dovvom (Second Bureau) (1926–1979)

Iraq

Al-Amn al-‘Amm (Directorate of General Security) (1922–2003)
Al-Amn al-Khas (Special Security Organization) (1983–2003)
Al-Istikhabarat al-'Askariyya (Directorate of General Military Intelligence) (1932–2003)
Jihaz Al-Mukhabarat Al-A'ma (Iraqi Intelligence Service) (1973–2003)

Ireland

Free State Army Intelligence Department ("Oriel House") (1921–1923)
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) (1921–1923)
Citizens' Defence Force (1922)

Japan

Kempeitai (1881–1945)
Tokkeitai
Tokkō (1911–1945)

Libya

Jamahiriya el-Mukhabarat (–2011)

Malaysia

Malayan Security Service (1939–1948)

Manchukuo

Hoankyoku (1937–1945)

Netherlands

Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD) (Interior Security Service) (1947–2002)
Inlichtingendienst Buitenland (IDB) (Foreign Intelligence Service) (1946–1994)
Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) (1942–1945)
Netherlands Indies Government Information Service (NIGIS) (1942–1945)

Ottoman Empire

Teşkîlât-ı Mahsûsa (1913–1918)

Panama

Policia Secreta Nacional (PSN) (La Secreta) (1909–60s first government secret agency)
Guardia Silenciosa Panameñista (GUSIPA) (1930–40s short-lived secret service)
1.Estado Mayor Personal/Sec."E" Asuntos de Seguridad Nacional of PFD General Command
Sub Jefatura de Inspectoria General of PFD General State Major Chieftain
Comando General de la Comision de Defensa y Seguridad (COGECODESE) (security, defense and intelligence PNG/PFD main entity)
Estado Mayor General ('Inteligencia') (G-2) (1950–80s PNG/PDFs military intelligence)
Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones (DENI) (1960–1989)

Philippines

Philippine Constabulary – Office of Special Investigations (PC-OSI) (1901–1991)^[1]
Philippine Constabulary – National Constabulary Investigations Service (PC-NCIS) (1901–1936)^[1]
National Intelligence and Security Authority (NISA) (1972–1987)^[2]
Civil Intelligence and Security Agency (CISA) (1972–1987)^[2]

Poland

Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego (1918–1939)
- Biuro Szyfrów (Cypher Bureau) (1919–1945)
- Estezet (STZ) (1941–1945)
- Polish Agency of Trade Information (PAIH) (1932–1939)
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (1945–1954)
Komitet do spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (1954–1956)
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (MSW) (1954–1990)
- Departament I MSW
- Departament II MSW
- Służba Bezpieczeństwa MSW (SB-MSW) (1956–1990)
Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP) (Office for State Protection) (1990–2001)
Główny Zarząd Informacji Wojska Polskiego (1944–1957)
Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna (WSW) (1957–1990)
Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego LWP (1945–1951)
Zarząd II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego (1951–1990)

Portugal

PIDE (1933–1969)

Qatar

General Intelligence Service (Mukhabarat)
Investigation and State Security Service (mubahith)

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau

Roman Empire

Romania

Secția a-II-a (Section II) (1859–1908)
Siguranța Statului (Siguranța) (State Security) (1908–1940)
Serviciul Special de Informații (Special Intelligence Service) (1940–1944)
Serviciul de Informații (Intelligence Service) (1944–1948)
Departamentul Securității Statului (Securitate) (Department of State Security) (1948–1991)

Russia

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery (1826–1880)
Okhrannoye otdeleniye (Okhrana or slang Okhranka) (Security Section) (1866–1917)
Special Corps of Gendarmes (1836–1917)

RSFSR (1917–1922)

Cheka (1917–1922) (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission)

Russian Federation (1991–)

Federal Counterintelligence Service (1993–1995)

Serbia

Service for Research and Documentation (SID) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1949–2007)

Sri Lanka

Special Branch (1966–1970)

Singapore

Criminal Intelligence Department (1918–1933)
Special Branch (1933–1939)
Singapore Special Branch (1948–1966)
Internal Security Department (1966–1970)

Somalia

National Security Service (NSS) (1970–1990)

South Africa

Bureau of State Security (BOSS) (1969–1980)

Soviet Union

Cheka (1917–1922) (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission)
Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (GPU) (1922–1923) (State Political Directorate)
Obyedinennoye Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (OGPU) (1923–1934) (Joint State Political Directorate)
Narodnyi Kommissariat Vnutrennih Del (NKVD) (1934–1946) (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del (MVD) (1946–1954) (Ministry for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopastnosti (MGB) (1943–1953) (Ministry for State Security)
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (KGB) (1954–1991) (Committee for State Security)
Central Intelligence Service of USSR [ ru ] (1991)

Spain

Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID) (Main Defence Information Centre) (1977–2002)
Political-Social Brigade (BPS/BSI) (1941–1978)
Servicio de Información Militar (SIM/MIS) (1937-1939)

Sweden

IB ("Informationsbyrån") (1973)

Syria

National Security Bureau (1966-2024)

General Intelligence Directorate (1971-2024)
Political Security Directorate (1971-2024)
Military Intelligence Directorate (1969-2024)
Air Force Intelligence Directorate (1970-2024)

Turkey

Millî Emniyet Hizmeti Riyâseti (M.E.H./MAH, between 1926 and 1965)

Uganda

State Research Bureau

Ukraine

Kontrrazvedka (1919–1921)

United Kingdom

MI1 (1915–1919)
MI2 (–1941)
MI3 (1914–1945)
MI4 (1915–1991)
MI7 (1915–1940)
MI8 (1914–1945)
MI9 (1939–1945)
MI10 (1940–1961)
MI11 (–1945)
MI12
MI14 (–1943)
MI15 (1942–)
MI16 (1945–)
MI17
MI19 (1940–)
Naval Intelligence Division (NID) (1912–1964)
Special Operations Executive (SOE) (1940–1946)

United States

Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (1948–2014)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (1942–1945)
The Pond (1942–1955)
National Drug Intelligence Center (1993–2012)

North Vietnam

Central Research Agency

South Vietnam

Central Intelligence Office (1961–1975)
Military Security Directorate
Strategic Technical Directorate
Research and Documentation Office
Intelligence Directorate

Vietnam

- Tổng cục An ninh (Tổng cục I) (General Department of Security or First General Department)
- Tổng cục Tình báo Công an (Tổng cục V, or TC V) (General Department of Public Security Intelligence or Fifth General Department)

Yugoslavia

UDBA (1946–1991)
KOS (Kontraobaveštajna služba), Counterintelligence Service (General staff) (1946–1992)

References

1 2 "PNP History". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.
1 2 "Brief History". NICA.

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[PNP-1] 1 2 "PNP History". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.

[NICA-2] 1 2 "Brief History". NICA.

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