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The ”’Security Directorate”’, best known by the acronym ”’KOS”’ (which is derived from the organization’s original name in the [[Serbo-Croatian]]: ”KontraobaveÅ¡tajna služba” – “Counterintelligence Service”), was the |
The ”’Security Directorate”’, best known by the acronym ”’KOS”’ (which is derived from the organization’s original name in the [[Serbo-Croatian]]: ”KontraobaveÅ¡tajna služba” – “Counterintelligence Service”), was the and service of the [[Yugoslav People’s Army]] that existed from 1946 until the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]] in 1991. In 1992, the [[Security Directorate (FR Yugoslavia)|Security Directorate]] continued its work in [[Serbia and Montenegro]]. |
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Most information is still scant due to its classification as military secret, but some can be traced in the media, especially during the [[Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević|MiloÅ¡ević]] tenure and the role played in the break-up of [[Yugoslavia]] (e.g. [[Operation Labrador]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yugoslav Army’s Central Intelligence Unit: Clandestine Operations Foment War |url=http://www.borrull.org/e/noticia.php?id=11236 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235029/http://www.borrull.org/e/noticia.php?id=11236 |archive-date=Sep 27, 2007 |website=BORR Terrorism News}}</ref>). |
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== See also == |
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Latest revision as of 07:03, 28 September 2025
Counterintelligence of Yugoslav People’s Army
The Security Directorate, best known by the acronym KOS (which is derived from the organization’s original name in the Serbo-Croatian: KontraobaveÅ¡tajna služba – “Counterintelligence Service”), was the national military intelligence and security service of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JLA) that existed from 1946 until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. In 1992, the Security Directorate continued its work in Serbia and Montenegro.
Founding and structure
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Counterintelligence Service (KOS) was formed in 1946 as one of the remnants of the Department for Protection of the People (OZNA), with Directorate for State Security (UDBA) forming the second, civilian, component of the new security and intelligence structure of SFR Yugoslavia. In 1955 changed its name to Security Directorate (Uprava bezbednosti) and relocated from the General Staff to State Secretariat of People’s Defence, later Federal Secretariat of Peoples Defence.
Most information is still scant due to its classification as military secret, but some can be traced in the media, especially during the Milošević tenure and the role played in the break-up of Yugoslavia (e.g. Operation Labrador[1]).
