List of intelligence agencies

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This is a list of intelligence agencies by country. It includes only currently operational institutions.

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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

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

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

Military Intelligence

Cuba

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

Ministry of the Interior

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Egypt

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Federal

State

Ghana

Greece

Guyana

Haiti

Hungary

Iceland

India

Military Intelligence

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Foreign & Domestic Military Intelligence (Defence Forces)

Domestic Police Intelligence ( Garda Síochána )

Israel

Italy

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

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan


Kenya


Kyrgyzstan


Lebanon

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar


Malaysia

Mexico

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco


Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC)

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Civil Security and Intelligence

Military Security and Intelligence

Singapore

Ministry of Defense (MINDEF)

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

National Security Bureau

Taiwan

Tajikistan

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

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zimbabwe

European Union

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

See also

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