(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...

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

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

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...

ideological purity and spreading propaganda. Her relationship with the Sigurimi secret police is widely discussed.[better source needed] Nexhmije later...

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

during the Cold War. During the rule of Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, the Sigurimi secret police imprisoned thousands in forced-labour camps. Spaç Prison...

Soviet Union – KGB Czechoslovakia – STB and LM Bulgaria – KDS Albania – Sigurimi Hungary – ÁVH and Munkásőrség Romania – Securitate and GP Poland – Urząd...

Threat Reduction. In the early 1960s, the Albanian intelligence services (Sigurimi), allegedly under the leadership of Kadri Hazbiu, engaged in clandestine...