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The Internal Security Agency (ISA or ABW; Polish: Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego) is Poland's domestic counterintelligence and security agency. [2] The ABW is responsible for analyzing, reporting and preventing threats to Poland's internal security, including terrorism, foreign espionage, arms smuggling, drug trafficking, organized crime, corruption and economic coercion. [3]
Col. Anetta Maciejewska [1], Deputy Head. Website. https://aw.gov.pl/. The Foreign Intelligence Agency (Polish: Agencja Wywiadu (Polish pronunciation: [aˈɡɛnt͡sja vɨˈvʲadu]; or AW) is a Polish intelligence agency tasked with the gathering of public and secret information abroad for the Republic of Poland. [2]
Poland (1990-2019) Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego (2002–present) (Internal Security Agency, ABW), since 2002. Agencja Wywiadu (2002–present) (Intelligence Agency, AW), since 2002. Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne (2006–present) (Central Anticorruption Bureau, CBA) - focused on investigations connected with all kinds of financial crimes.
Poland will allocate an additional 100 million zlotys ($25.30 million) to boost its intelligence services, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, as he warned of a rising threat from Russia.
Though the first official Polish government service entrusted with espionage, intelligence and counter-intelligence was not formed until 1918, Kingdom of Poland and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had developed networks of informants in neighbouring countries. Envoys and ambassadors had also gathered intelligence, often using bribery.
Radosław Tomasz Sikorski (Polish: [raˈdɔswaf ɕiˈkɔrskʲi] ⓘ; born 23 February 1963), better known as Radek Sikorski, is a Polish politician, journalist and statesman who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland in Donald Tusk 's cabinet since 2023, previously holding the office between 2007 and 2014.
Between 2015 and 2016 he was at the Polish embassy in Moscow. In 2017, he was an advisor to the head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency. On 25 May 2017, Cichocki joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, becoming Undersecretary of State for security, Eastern and European policy. [2]
1. Ignacy Daszyński. (1866–1936) 7 November 1918. 14 November 1918. Polish Socialist Party. Provisional People's Government of the Republic of Poland. Note: Until 11 November, Daszyński was Prime Minister in the Polish People's Republic, based at Lublin, in the territory occupied by Austrian troops.