List of defunct intelligence agencies

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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) (1986–1992)
• 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) (1962–2016)

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)

Azerbaijan

• Ministry of National Security (1991-2015)

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 and 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) (Succeeded by National Intelligence Directorate DNI)

Confederate States of America

• Confederate Secret Service (1861–1865)

Czechoslovakia

• Federal Directorate of Intelligence Services (FSZS)
• Hlavni Sprava Rozvedky (HSR)
• Státní Bezpečnost (StB) (1945–1990)

Dutch East Indies

• Politieke Inlichtingendienst (PID) (1916–1945)

Ecuador

• National Intelligence Secretariat (SENAIN) (2009–2018)

Egypt

• State Security Investigations Service (SSIS) (1913–2011) (succeeded By National Security Agency - Egypt Since 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) (Merged mainly with DST into Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence)
• 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 (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)
• Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur (Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence) (DCRI) (2008-2014) (Predecessor of General Directorate for Internal Security)
• Sous-direction de l'information générale (Sub-directorate of general information) (SDIG) (2008-2014) (One of the successor of General Intelligence)
• Service central du renseignement territorial (Central Territorial Intelligence Service) (SCRT) (2014-2023) (The successor is Direction nationale du renseignement territorial) (National Directorate of Territorial Intelligence)

Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

• Gehlen Organization ("The Org", "Zipper") (1946–1956)
• Office/Center for Intelligence of the Federal Armed Forces (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

• Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO) (1986-2026)
• 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)
• Philippine Constabulary – National Constabulary Investigations Service (PC-NCIS) (1901–1936)
• National Intelligence and Security Authority (NISA) (1972–1987)
• Civil Intelligence and Security Agency (CISA) (1972–1987)

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

• Agentes in rebus (4th–7th century)
• Areani
• Bureau of Barbarians
• Frumentarii
• Praetorian Guard (27 BC–312 AD)

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

See also: § Soviet Union

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 (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

See also: Directorate of Military Intelligence (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)
• Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (2005–2026)

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)

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies
• Secret service
• Secret police
• List of intelligence agencies