Federal Intelligence Agency
| Agencia Federal de Inteligencia | |
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 AFI headquarters in Buenos Aires | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | March 5, 2015 |
| Preceding Agency | |
| Type | Intelligence agency |
| Headquarters | Ave. 25 de Mayo 11, Buenos Aires |
| Employees | Classified (AFI personnel information is not allowed). |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | argentina.gob.ar/inteligencia |
The Federal Intelligence Agency (Spanish: Agencia Federal de Inteligencia) mostly known for its abbreviation AFI, is the principal intelligence agency of Argentina.
This organization is the successor to the Secretariat of Intelligence (mostly known for its acronym "SIDE") and has two purposes: to collect national intelligence for governmental needs and criminal intelligence. It also was transferred from the Ministry of Security, to the National Criminal Intelligence.
The agency was created by Law 27126 3 amending the National Intelligence Act entering into force 120 days after enactment of the Act. According to regulations shall govern all communication by the Director General or Deputy Director General any interaction being punished by the members of the AFI any action or relationship regulated by the law establishing the Federal Intelligence Agency. In turn AFI officials should make affidavits without distinction of degrees.
Overview[edit]
This agency is ruled by the Law of National Intelligence #25,520, promulgated in March 2015 and entered into force 120 days after that. Changes to previous legislation include the dissolution of Secretariat of Intelligence, with the AFI as its successor. Likewise, the Ministry of Security transferred the "National Direction of Criminal Intelligence" to AFI.[2]
The organization was put under the Supreme Court in 2015, alleging that "...the execution of a communication intervention order is carried out by a body other than the one that is part of the investigation"[3]
The Argentinian Federal Prosecutor Cecilia Incardona indictment against the former director of the AFI Gustavo Arribas and his deputy director Silvia Majdalani in 2020, for illegal espionage against 50 politicians, including the then president Cristina Kirchner in 2018. A group of 18 employees is said to have spied on Kirchner's notebooks, among other things.
Board[edit]
The AFI main authorities (general director and vice-director) are appointed by the President of Argentina, then confirmed by the Senate. Their functions are regulated by Law 25,520.[4]
| N.° | Director | Political Party | Term | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Parrilli[5] | Justicialist Party | 5 March 2015 - 10 December 2015 | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| 2 | Gustavo Arribas[6] | Republican Proposal | 10 December 2015 - 10 December 2019 | Mauricio Macri |
| 3 | Cristina Caamaño (interventor)[7] | Independent | 23 December 2019 - 6 June 2022 | Alberto Fernández |
| 4 | Agustín Rossi (interventor)[8] | Justicialist Party | 8 June 2022 - 15 February 2023 | |
| 5 | Ana Clara Alberdi (interventor)[9] | Justicialist Party | 15 February 2023 - 12 December 2023 | |
| 6 | Silvestre Sívori (interventor)[10] | Independent | 12 December 2023 - 27 May 2024 | Javier Milei |
References[edit]
- ^ Milei descabezó la AFI: le aceptó la renuncia a Silvestre Sívori
- ^ Ya es oficial: Gils Carbó queda a cargo de las escuchas de Inteligencia, Clarín
- ^ Macri transfirió las escuchas telefónicas a la Corte Suprema on Cba24n, 27 Feb 2018
- ^ Modificatoria on InfoLeg
- ^ "El Senado dio su acuerdo para que Parrilli y Mena sean director y subdirector de la AFI | Política". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "El empresario Gustavo Arribas será el nuevo titular de la Agencia de Inteligencia". La Capital. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Quién es Cristina Caamaño, la Interventora de la Agencia Federal de Inteligencia". Filo News (in Spanish). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Agustín Rossi asumió como Interventor de la AFI". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Ana Clara Alberdi asumirá como titular de la AFI tras la salida de Agustín Rossi". www.ambito.com. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Milei descabezó la AFI: le aceptó la renuncia a Silvestre Sívori | Política". Los Andes (in Spanish). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
External links[edit]
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