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State Security Service (Latvia)
The State Security Service or VDD (Latvian: Valsts drošības dienests) is one of three Latvian security and intelligence services. VDD is the civilian counterintelligence and internal security service, which gathers intelligence from a number of sources and conducts its analysis, informs senior state officials about the identified risks to national security as well as acting to neutralize those risks.
VDD's competence is counterintelligence, protection of state secrets, protection of the constitutional order, economic security, counterterrorism as well as dignitary protection. Among the three Latvian security and intelligence services VDD is the only one authorized to conduct pre-trial investigation (initiate criminal proceedings and refer the case for launching criminal prosecution as well as detain persons).
The oversight of VDD's activities is conducted by the Minister for the Interior, the Prosecutor General's Office performs the oversight of VDD's conduct of operational measures and the legitimacy of the pre-trial investigation process, while the parliamentary control over VDD is exercised by the National Security Commission of the Saeima.
In terms of its mission, functions and tasks VDD is the successor to the State Security Department of Latvia (established in 1919) - the first civilian counterintelligence and internal security service of Latvia.
Established on 11 August 1919, the State Security Department (Latvian: Valsts drošības departaments) was the first Latvian civilian counterintelligence and internal security service, which was founded in the midst of the ongoing Latvian War of Independence.
The headquarters of the department were located at 12 Suvorova Str. (nowadays - Krišjāņa Barona iela) in Riga. On 3 September 1919 First Lieutenant Jānis Liģeris-Liggers (1889–1942) was appointed the Head of the State Security Department.
The main task of the department was to fight crimes against the state and monitor political security. The functions of the department and the Internal Intelligence Division of the Latvian Army were overlapping in many aspects. Due to this, the department was dissolved on 1 November 1919.
Following the dissolution of the State Security Department, its functions were overtaken by the Internal Intelligence Division of the Army. Most of the State Security Department's officers continued their careers there as well.
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State Security Service (Latvia)
The State Security Service or VDD (Latvian: Valsts drošības dienests) is one of three Latvian security and intelligence services. VDD is the civilian counterintelligence and internal security service, which gathers intelligence from a number of sources and conducts its analysis, informs senior state officials about the identified risks to national security as well as acting to neutralize those risks.
VDD's competence is counterintelligence, protection of state secrets, protection of the constitutional order, economic security, counterterrorism as well as dignitary protection. Among the three Latvian security and intelligence services VDD is the only one authorized to conduct pre-trial investigation (initiate criminal proceedings and refer the case for launching criminal prosecution as well as detain persons).
The oversight of VDD's activities is conducted by the Minister for the Interior, the Prosecutor General's Office performs the oversight of VDD's conduct of operational measures and the legitimacy of the pre-trial investigation process, while the parliamentary control over VDD is exercised by the National Security Commission of the Saeima.
In terms of its mission, functions and tasks VDD is the successor to the State Security Department of Latvia (established in 1919) - the first civilian counterintelligence and internal security service of Latvia.
Established on 11 August 1919, the State Security Department (Latvian: Valsts drošības departaments) was the first Latvian civilian counterintelligence and internal security service, which was founded in the midst of the ongoing Latvian War of Independence.
The headquarters of the department were located at 12 Suvorova Str. (nowadays - Krišjāņa Barona iela) in Riga. On 3 September 1919 First Lieutenant Jānis Liģeris-Liggers (1889–1942) was appointed the Head of the State Security Department.
The main task of the department was to fight crimes against the state and monitor political security. The functions of the department and the Internal Intelligence Division of the Latvian Army were overlapping in many aspects. Due to this, the department was dissolved on 1 November 1919.
Following the dissolution of the State Security Department, its functions were overtaken by the Internal Intelligence Division of the Army. Most of the State Security Department's officers continued their careers there as well.
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