Civil Guard Information Service

Civil Guard Information Service
Servicio de Información de la Guardia Civil
Emblem of the Information Service
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 24, 1941; 83 years ago (1941-02-24)
JurisdictionSpain
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executive
Parent departmentMinistry of Interior
Parent agencyCivil Guard

The Civil Guard Information Service (Spanish: Servicio de Información de la Guardia Civil, SIGC) is an intelligence service within the Spanish Civil Guard responsible for the collection, analysis and distribution of information relevant to domestic security, as well as its exploitation or operational use, especially in matters of counterterrorism, both nationally and internationally.[1]

As established in the Agreements of the Council of Ministers of November 28, 1986 and February 16, 1996, the structure, organization, resources and specific operating procedures of the Information Services and those specifically destined to the fight against terrorism, as well as such as its sources and any information or data that may reveal them, is classified information.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Real Decreto 734/2020, de 4 de agosto, por el que se desarrolla la estructura orgánica básica del Ministerio del Interior". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo de Ministros, de 28 de noviembre de 1986, por el que se clasifican determinados asuntos y materias con arreglo a la Ley de Secretos Oficiales, ampliado por Acuerdos del Consejo de Ministros de 17 de marzo y 29 de julio de 1994" (PDF). www.madrid.org (in Spanish). 1986. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo de Ministros de 16 de febrero de 1996, por el que se clasifican determinados asuntos y materias con arreglo a la Ley de Secretos Oficiales" (PDF). www.madrid.org. 1996. Retrieved 20 March 2022.