Top 10 Intelligence Agencies in the world – Part IV
Monday, December 12th, 2011 4:00:14 by Fahad Zafar
Top 10 Intelligence Agencies in the world – Part IV
7. FSB – Russia
FSB was created in 3 April, 1995 and employees around 350,000 people all across the globe.
The Federal Security Service of Russian Federation (FSD) is the main domestic security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor agency of the Soviet-era Cheka, NKVD and KGB. The FSB is involved in counter-intelligence, internal and border
security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance.
Its headquarters are on Lubyanka Square, downtown Moscow, the same location as the former headquarters of the KGB. All law enforcement and intelligence agencies in Russia work under the guidance of FSB, if needed. For example, the GRU, spetsnaz and Internal
Troops detachments of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs work together with the FSB in Chechnya.
The FSB is responsible for internal security of the Russian state, counterespionage, and the fight against organized crime, terrorism, and drug smuggling. The number of FSB personnel and its budget remain state secrets, although the budget was reported to
jump nearly 40% in 2006.
8. DGSE – France
This intelligence agency was formed in April 2, 1982. Its predecessor agency was External Documentation and Counter-Espionage Service.
Directorate General for External Security is France’s external intelligence agency. Operating under the direction of the French ministry of defence, the agency works alongside the DCRI (the Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence) in providing intelligence
and national security, notably by performing paramilitary and counterintelligence operations abroad.
The General Directorate for External Security (DGSE) of France has a rather short history compared to other intelligence agencies in the region. It was officially founded in 1982 from a multitude of prior intelligence agencies in the country. Its primary
focus is to gather intelligence from foreign sources to assist in military and strategic decisions for the country. The agency employs more than five thousand people.
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