(Albanian: Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit, DSSh), commonly called the Sigurimi, was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the...

created in 1991 by the Albanian People's Assembly. It was the successor to Sigurimi, the notorious secret service agency which repressed anti-communist dissent...

ethnic territory, further fueling the tensions between the two nations. The Sigurimi, Albania's secret police, played a significant role in fomenting separatism...

coastline ambushes involved clashes between the Albanian secret police (Sigurimi) and multiple teams of MI6 agents. In preparation for the landing of the...

Ilir Rexhep Meta (Albanian pronunciation: [iliɾ meta]; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian politician. He served as the president of Albania from 24 July...

ideological purity and spreading propaganda. Her relationship with the Sigurimi secret police is widely discussed. Nexhmije later claimed in her 1998 memoir...

helicopters, and four Il-14 transport planes. The Directorate of State Security (Sigurimi) was the Albanian version of the Soviet KGB responsible for state security...

group. The Sigurimi detachment, headed by Xhezo Makashi, began a crackdown of the region and the Black Hand çete clashed with the Sigurimi & Albanian...

developments coincided with political repression by the secret police, the Sigurimi, for the purposes of preventing a counter-revolution, which included dismissal...

were expelled from all over Albania by the Albanian People's Army and the Sigurimi led by Enver Hoxha and Kadri Hazbiu. Also, during the expulsion, a Bosniak...