# List of defunct intelligence agencies

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) (1987–1992)
* 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) (1990–2016)

### 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)

### 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 / 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)

### 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)

### 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)
* 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 [fr] (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)

### Federal Republic of Germany

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

### 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

* 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
#### 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 [ru] (1991)

### Spain

* Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID) (Main Defence Information Centre) (1977–2002)
* Political-Social Brigade (BPS/BSI) (1941–1978)

### Sweden

* IB ("Informationsbyrån") (1973)

### Syria

National Security Bureau
* General Intelligence Directorate
* Political Security Directorate
* Military Intelligence Directorate
* Air Force Intelligence Directorate

### Turkey

* Millî Emniyet Hizmeti Riyâseti (M.E.H./MAH, between 1926 and 1965)

### Uganda

* State Research Bureau

### Ukraine

* Kontrrazvedka (1919–1921)

### 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)

### 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)