Administration_for_Security_and_Counterintelligence
Administration for Security and Counterintelligence
Counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia
The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (Macedonian: Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање, Albanian: Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim), commonly referred to by the acronym UBK, was the domestic counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia.[2] Its headquarters are located in Skopje, and the agency is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]
The agency was founded in the People's Republic of Macedonia under the name Department for People's Protection OZNA, as the official security agency in the Macedonian socialist republic.[4] Officially, the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, was founded in 1995 under the name Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence.[4]
This agency was succeeded by the National Security Agency[5]