Major HUMINT Organizations
See List of intelligence agencies for a more complete list
| Country | Espionage organization |
|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) |
| Brazil | Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN) |
| Canada | Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) or (French: Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité, SCRS) |
| China | Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China or (Simplified Chinese: 国家安全部; Pinyin: Guojia Anquan Bu, or Guoanbu) |
| Cuba | Intelligence Directorate, formerly Dirección General de Inteligencia (DGI) |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | Cabinet General Intelligence Bureau |
| France | Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE) or Directorate-General for External Security |
| India | Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) |
| Israel | Mossad (HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuhadim (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים ) or Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations ) |
| Germany | Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) or Federal Intelligence Service |
| Pakistan | Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Intelligence Bureau (IB) |
| Korea, Republic of | National Intelligence Service (South Korea) |
| Romania | Foreign Intelligence Service (Romania) |
| Russia | Foreign Intelligence Service (Russian: Служба Внешней Разведки or SVR); Main Intelligence Directorate (Russian: Главное Разведывательное Управление or GRU) |
| South Africa | South African Secret Service (SASS) |
| United Kingdom | Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 |
| United States | National Clandestine Service (NCS), part of the Central Intelligence Agency; Defense Clandestine Service (DCS), part of the Defense Intelligence Agency |
Espionage is usually part of an institutional effort (i.e., governmental or corporate espionage), and the term is most readily associated with state spying on potential or actual enemies, primarily for military purposes, but this has been extended to spying involving corporations, known specifically as industrial espionage. Many nations routinely spy on both their enemies and allies, although they maintain a policy of not making comment on this. In addition to utilizing agencies within a government many also employ private companies to collect information on their behalf such as SCG International Risk and others.
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