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The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Finnish: Suojelupoliisi, Supo; Swedish: Skyddspolisen, Skypo), formerly the Finnish Security Police and Finnish Security Intelligence Service, [2] [3] is the security and intelligence agency of Finland in charge of national security, such as counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior.
On 11 February 1918, in the early stages of the Finnish Civil War, commander-in-chief of White Finland's military, General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, appointed Lieutenant Isak Alfthan to command the Information Office (Finnish: Tietotoimisto) of Mannerheim's headquarters and start gathering military intelligence on the civil war enemy Red Finland as well as on Russian units.
The Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency is subordinate to the Intelligence Division of Defence Command and its self-stated tasks include analysing military strategies, gathering geospatial and meteorological intelligence, training Defence Forces and partner staff, such as police or border guard, as well as supporting peacekeeping operations, such as Finnish deployments to the War in ...
Moscow now views its western neighbor as a hostile country, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service said Thursday. The agency, known by the abbreviation SUPO, said in a national security ...
Directly under the National Police Board are the police departments and the national police units, including the National Bureau of Investigation and the Police University College of Finland. [1] [6] The Finnish Security Intelligence Service is directly under the Ministry of the Interior.
Finland is to review its security policy to decide whether to join NATO, President Sauli Niinisto said on Thursday. ... (830 mile) border and a history of two wars between 1939 and 1944 which cost ...
The unit's chief named concentrated cyber attacks as Finland's greatest threat at the time. [15] In March 2015, the Bureau opened its first official Twitter account [ 16 ] and in August 2015, opened its doors for the first time to the public and allowed visitors to see contents of the Bureau's Crime Museum as well as art forgeries kept inside ...
Finland's ruling centre-right coalition plans to spend more on NATO membership, defence and security in 2025, while scaling back on welfare spending to tame the Nordic country's fiscal deficit, it ...