Administration for Security and Counterintelligence
The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, commonly referred to by the acronym UBK, was the national police domestic intelligence and security of Republic of North Macedonia. Its headquarters were located in Skopje, and the agency was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The agency was founded in the People's Republic of Macedonia under the name Department for People's Protection OZNA, as the official security agency in the Macedonian socialist republic. Officially, the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, was founded in 1995 under the name Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence.
This agency was succeeded by the National Security Agency.