| Agencia Federal de Inteligencia | |
 | |
 AFI headquarters in Buenos Aires | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | March 2015 |
| Preceding Agency | |
| Dissolved | 15 July 2024[1] |
| Type | Intelligence agency |
| Jurisdiction | Argentina |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Employees | Classified (AFI personnel information is not allowed). |
| Agency executive |
|
The Federal Intelligence Agency (Spanish: Agencia Federal de Inteligencia) mostly known for its abbreviation AFI, was the principal intelligence agency of Argentina.
This organization was the successor to the Secretariat of Intelligence (mostly known for its acronym "SIDE") and has two purposes: to collect national intelligence for governmental needs and criminal intelligence. It also was transferred from the Ministry of Security, to the National Criminal Intelligence.
The agency was created by Law 27,126[2] amending the National Intelligence Act entering into force 120 days after enactment of the Act. According to regulations shall govern all communication by the Director General or Deputy Director General any interaction being punished by the members of the AFI any action or relationship regulated by the law establishing the Federal Intelligence Agency. In turn AFI officials should make affidavits without distinction of degrees.
The organization was dissolved in July 2024 by president Javier Milei,[1] restoring the Secretariat of Intelligence (SIDE).[3]
- ^ a b Cecilia Devanna (July 16, 2024). "El Gobierno lanzó el decreto que disuelve la AFI, repone la SIDE y la divide en cuatro organismos" [The government released the decree that closes the AFI, restores the SIDE and divides it in four sections] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ CREACIÓN DE LA AGENCIA FEDERAL DE INTELIGENCIA, promulgated 3 March 2015 on infoLeg
- ^ El Gobierno disolvió la AFI y anunció cambios en el Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional on Infobae, 15 Jul 2024