List of intelligence agencies
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.
Afghanistan
- General Directorate of Intelligence – ''د استخباراتو لوی ریاست''
Albania
- State Intelligence Service – ''Sherbimi Informativ Shteteror''
Algeria
- Directorate of Security Services
- Central Directorate of Army Security
Antigua and Barbuda
- Office of the Prime Minister
- * National Security Council
- * Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
- ** Intelligence Centre
- Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance and Public Private Partnerships
- *Financial Intelligence Unit
- Ministry of Legal Affairs, Public Safety, Immigration and Labour
- * Criminal Investigations Department
Argentina
- President's Office
- *Federal Intelligence Agency – Agencia Federal de Inteligencia
- **Directorate of Judicial Surveillance – Dirección de Observaciones Judiciales
- **Federal Counternarcotics Service – Servicio Federal de Lucha contra el Narcotráfico
- **Argentine National Gendarmerie Intelligence – Inteligencia de la Gendarmería Nacional Argentina
- Ministry of Defense
- *National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence – Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar
- Ministry of Justice
- *Federal Penitentiary Service Intelligence – Inteligencia del Servicio Penitenciario Federal
- *Airport Security Police Intelligence – Inteligencia de la Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria
- Ministry of Interior
- *National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence – Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal
- *Argentine Federal Police Intelligence – Inteligencia de la Policía Federal Argentina
- *Buenos Aires Police Intelligence – Inteligencia de la Policía Bonaerense
- *Argentine Naval Prefecture Intelligence – Inteligencia de la Prefectura Naval Argentina
- Ministry of Economy
- *Financial Intelligence Unit – Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera
- Intelligence Department of the Joint General Staff of the Armed Forces
- *Military Intelligence Collection Center – Central de Reunión de Inteligencia Militar
- *Army Intelligence Service – Servicio de Inteligencia del Ejército
- *Naval Intelligence Service – Servicio de Inteligencia Naval
- *Air Force Intelligence Service – ''Servicio de Inteligencia de la Fuerza Aérea''
Armenia
- National Security Service
- Foreign Intelligence Service
Australia
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Australian Signals Directorate
- Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
- Defence Intelligence Organisation
- Office of National Intelligence
Austria
- Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung : Federal Ministry of Defence
- * Heeresnachrichtenamt : Army Intelligence Office
- *Abwehramt : Counter-Intelligence Office
- Bundesministerium für Inneres : Federal Ministry of the Interior
- * Direktion Staatsschutz und Nachrichtendienst : Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service
Azerbaijan
- State Security Service
- Foreign Intelligence Service
- Financial Monitoring Service
Bahamas
- Security and Intelligence Branch
- Financial Intelligence Unit
- National Crime Intelligence Agency
Bahrain
- NSA – National Security Agency
Bangladesh
- Prime Minister's Office
- * National Committee for Intelligence Coordination
- *National Security Intelligence
- * Special Security Force – Intelligence Bureau
- Cabinet Division
- *National Security Affairs Cell
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- * Special Branch
- * Detective Branch
- * Police Bureau of Investigation
- * Criminal Investigation Department
- * Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
- * Intelligence Wing of the Rapid Action Battalion
- Ministry of Defence
- * Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
- * Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau
- * National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre
- Ministry of Finance
- * Central Intelligence Unit
- * Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit
- Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
- * Cyber Security Agency
Barbados
- Financial Intelligence Unit
- Criminal Investigations Department
Belarus
- State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Belgium
- VSSE
- ADIV / SGRS
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Državna Agencija za Istrage i Zaštitu
Botswana
- Directorate of Intelligence and Security
Brazil
- Brazilian Intelligence Agency
- Federal Police Department
- Gabinete de Segurança Institucional Responds directly to the president's office and the armed forces. Coordinates some intelligence operations.
- Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil
Brunei
- Internal Security Department
Bulgaria
- State Intelligence Agency – overseas intelligence gathering service under the supervision of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
- State Agency for National Security – national security service under the supervision of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
Burundi
- Service national de renseignement
Canada
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Communications Security Establishment
- Canadian Forces Intelligence Command
- *Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit operated by the Canadian Forces Military Police Group
- *Joint Task Force X
- Criminal Intelligence Service Canada
- Intelligence Branch
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
- Global Affairs Canada Bureau of Intelligence Analysis and Security and Bureau of Economic Intelligence
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Intelligence Division
- Canada Border Services Agency Immigrations Intelligence
Chad
- Agence nationale de sécurité
Chile
- Ministry of Interior
- *National Intelligence Agency – ''Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia''
People's Republic of China
- International Department
- United Front Work Department
- Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission
- * Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff Department
- Ministry of Public Security
- Ministry of State Security
- Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR
Colombia
- Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National Intelligence Agency
- General Staff of Military intelligence
Croatia
- Sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija
- Vojna sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija
Cuba
- Military Counterintelligence Directorate
- Dirección General de Inteligencia
Cyprus
- Cyprus Intelligence Service ,
Czech Republic
- Security Information Service
- Office for Foreign Relations and Information
- Ministry of Defence
- *Military Intelligence
Denmark
- Danish Security and Intelligence Service.
- Danish Defence Intelligence Service.
- Army Intelligence Center.
Egypt
- Gihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma
- Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Harbyya wa al-Istitla
- Al-amn al-Watani
Eritrea
- National Security Office
Estonia
- Estonian Internal Security Service
- Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service
- Military Intelligence Centre of Estonian Defence Forces
Ethiopia
- National Intelligence and Security Service -
- Information Network Security Agency -
Finland
- Ministry of Defence
- *Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency – Puolustusvoimien tiedustelulaitos / Försvarsmaktens underrättelsetjänst
- *Defense Command Intelligence Division – Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto
- Ministry of Interior
- *Finnish Security Intelligence Service – ''Suojelupoliisi / Skyddspolisen''
France
- President of France
- * National Centre for Counter Terrorism
- Ministry of Interior
- *General Directorate for Internal Security – Domestic counter-terrorism and counter-espionage intelligence.
- * National Police
- ** Central Directorate of Public Security
- *** direction nationale du renseignement territorial
- **Central Directorate of the Judicial Police – Organised crime intelligence.
- *** Sous-direction anti-terroriste
- Ministry of Defence
- *Directorate-General for External Security – Foreign intelligence relating to national security.
- *Direction du Renseignement et de la Sécurité de la Défense – Foreign intelligence relating to national security.
- *Directorate of Military Intelligence – Military intelligence.
- Ministry of Finance
- * Tracfin
- * Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquêtes Douanières
Gambia
- State Intelligence Services
Georgia
- State Security Service − სახელმწიფო უშიშროების სამსახური
- Georgian Intelligence Service − საქართველოს დაზვერვის სამსახური
- Georgian Armed Forces
- *Military Intelligence Department
Germany
Federal
- Bundeskanzleramt: Federal Chancellery
- *Bundesnachrichtendienst : Federal Intelligence Service
- Bundesministerium des Innern : Federal Ministry of Interior
- *Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz : Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
- *Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik : Federal Office for Information Security
- Bundespolizei: Federal Police
- *Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik : Center for information and communication technology
- Bundeswehr: Federal Defense Force
- *Militärischer Abschirmdienst : ''Military Counterintelligence Service''