Bezbednosno-informativna agencija

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Bezbednosno-informativna agencija ( Serbian - Cyrillic Безбедносно-информативна агенција , German  Security Information Service ), official abbreviation BIA (БИА), is the secret service of the Republic of Serbia and was founded in 2002 . The primary tasks of the BIA are the fight against organized crime and the prevention of terrorism . It emerged from the organization of the former Yugoslav secret police RDB (Resor državne bezbednosti) within the former republic of Serbia.

management

In July 2008, Saša Vukadinović replaced the previous head of the BIA Radomir Bulatović, who had been in office since April 2004.

control

While the SDB was subordinate to the respective interior ministries at the federal or republic level, the BIA is currently directly subordinate to the government of the Republic of Serbia.

Known operations

  • In March 2014, Darko Šarić , a suspected drug lord, was found and arrested .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Norbert Mappes-Niediek : All that's missing is Mladić. In: Zeit Online . July 23, 2008 (accessed July 24, 2008)