Servicio de Información de la Guardia Civil | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | February 24, 1941 |
Jurisdiction | Spain |
Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
Employees | Classified |
Annual budget | Classified |
Agency executive |
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Parent department | Ministry of Interior |
Parent agency | Civil 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]