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Annual Report

of the Security Information Service (BIS)

for 2008

Table of Contents:

1 Intelligence activities and intelligence information ................................................................. 2

1.1 Terrorism ................................................................................................................................. 2

1.2 Protection of vital economic interests of the Czech Republic ................................................. 3

1.3 Counterintelligence .................................................................................................................. 5

1.4 Extremism ................................................................................................................................ 7

1.5 Proliferation and handling of military materiel

...................................................................... 10

1.6 Organized crime ..................................................................................................................... 12

1.7 Illegal migration ..................................................................................................................... 14

1.8 Negative phenomena in information and communication systems

........................................ 16

2 Protection of classified information and security clearance proceedings requested by the

National Security Office (NBÚ) ............................................................................................................ 17

3 Reporting and tasking ............................................................................................................ 17

4 Cooperation with Czech intelligence services and other government bodies and authorities 18

5 Cooperation with foreign intelligence services

...................................................................... 19

5.1 Multilateral cooperation ......................................................................................................... 19

6 Internal security ..................................................................................................................... 21

7 Oversight, audit and inspection

.............................................................................................. 21

7.1 External oversight .................................................................................................................. 21

7.2 Internal audit .......................................................................................................................... 22

7.3 Legal framework .................................................................................................................... 23

7.4 Budget .................................................................................................................................... 24