Constitution Protection Bureau

Constitution Protection Bureau

Satversmes aizsardzības birojs
Agency overview
Formed	1995
Type	Intelligence bureau
Jurisdiction	Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia
Headquarters	Miera iela 85A, Riga
Agency executive	Egils Zviedris, Director
Website	www.sab.gov.lv

The Constitution Protection Bureau (Latvian: Satversmes aizsardzības birojs, SAB) is a Latvian state security institution. It conducts intelligence and counterintelligence activities, ensures the protection of state secrets, as well as classified information of the European Union and NATO.^[1] The Bureau operates under the supervision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia.

The Bureau ensures the operation of mobile phone conversation control equipment. Latvian state security and law enforcement agencies, authorized by law, conduct mobile phone conversation control using this equipment. Captured data is automatically transmitted to the respective authority, which initiates the interception of telephone conversations.^[2]