Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime
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| Formed | October 15, 2014 |
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| Headquarters | Madrid,  Spain |
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| Parent Intelligence agency | Secretariat of State of Security |
The Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime (CITCO) is a Spanish Intelligence agency responsible for the prevention of domestic terrorism, organized crime and other violent radical organizations by managing and analyzing all the internal information of the country.
The agency was created on October 15, 2014 by the Royal Decree 873/2014, of October 10, By which modifies the Royal Decree 400/2012, of 17 of February, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior is developed.[1]. The agency is the result of the union of two domestic intelligence agencies, the National Anti-Terrorism Coordination Center (CNCA) and the Intelligence Center against Organized Crime (CICO), both dependent on the Secretary of State of Security of the Ministry of the Interior. This union had as objective the optimization of the efforts and take advantage of economic resources of both agencies in the face of growing threats and the increasingly close link between extremist organizations of a violent nature, terrorism and organized crime.
The agency personnel is composed by agents from the CNP, Civil Guard, Customs Surveillance Service, Armed Forces and CNI.
Functions
According to the Royal Decree 873/2014, the CITCO is responsible for the reception, integration and analysis of the strategic information available in the fight against organized crime, terrorism and violent radicalism, the design of specific strategies against these threats, and, where appropriate, the establishment of criteria for Action and operational coordination of the bodies acting in the cases of coincidence or concurrence in the investigations, and in particular:[2]
- To receive, integrate and analyze information and operational analysis related to organized or especially serious crime, terrorism and violent Radicalism that are relevant or necessary for the elaboration of strategic and prospective criminal intelligence in relation to these phenomena, both In its national and international projection, integrating and channeling to the State Security Forces and Corps all the operational information that it receives or captures.
- To dictate, determine and establish, in the cases of joint or concurrent intervention, the coordination and action criteria of the Operational units of the State Security Forces and Corps, and of those with other intervening agencies, according to their competencies Support the intervention.
- To prepare annual reports on the situation of organized crime, terrorism and violent radicalism in Spain, as well as a periodic assessment of the threat in these fields.
- To develop and disseminate statistical information related to these matters.
- To propose national strategies against organized crime, terrorism and violent radicalism and update them on a permanent basis, coordinating and verifying their development and implementation.
- To develop the specific competences that the different provisions and agreements, both national and international, entrust to the Ministry of the Interior in the fight against terrorism and against organized crime.
Directors of the CITCO
- José Luis Olivera Serrano (2014-2015). As Acting Director.
- José Luis Olivera Serrano (2015-present).[3]
See also
References
- ^ Royal Decree 873/2014, of October 10, By which modifies the Royal Decree 400/2012, of 17 of February, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior is developed
- ^ ÓRGANOS DE COORDINACIÓN DEPENDIENTES DEL SECRETARIO DE ESTADO DE SEGURIDAD, EL CENTRO DE INTELIGENCIA CONTRA EL TERRORISMO Y EL CRIMEN ORGANIZADO
- ^ José Luis Olivera, new CITCO's director