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48 Intelligence Agencies Unit 14: Spy World

The world around us has become a dangerous place to live in because of the disrespect of some people
for their fellow human beings. In such a scenario, every nation needs its own secret agencies to protect
its citizens from the internal and external threats of violence, felony and terrorism.
Identify and name the following secret services from around the world:

1. India’s own Intelligence 2. This is the secret 3. The Hebrew meaning of the
Agency was formed under intelligence service of name of this lethal intelligence
the Prime Ministership Canada. With headquarters agency of Israel is ‘The
of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in Ottawa, Ontario, it was Institution’. With headquarters
in September, 1968. Its formed in 1984. It’s main aims in Tel Aviv, Israel, it was formed
main aim was to prevent and objectives are to gather in the year 1949, and is famous
terrorism, tracking of intelligence information to for its highly trained assassins,
foreign government’s thwart out any potential considered to be one of the most
movements and to mitigate threat to its state. well trained and lethal secret
internal and external agents in the world.
security threats.

4. With its Head quarters in London, 5. This secret service agency of United states of
England, this secret service is well equipped America was formed in the year 1947 during the
with its intelligence agents spread around tenure of President Harry Truman. It is one of the
the world as common citizens. It’s main aims most powerful secret service in the world and has
and objectives include mitigating internal played pivotal role in preventing potential threats
and external threats to their country, and upon the integrity and safety of the America since
relentless fight against terrorism. its inception.

Mossad, Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS), Secret Intelligence Services (SIS-MI-6)
Central Intelligence Agency(CIA), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

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