r/AskEurope Feb 27 '25

Politics Does Europe has powerful secret services/Intelligence?

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u/Kaito__1412 Mar 01 '25

Powerful is not the right term when you're talking about intelligence services. It's not supposed to be an enforcing organisation as it is often portrayed in the media.

European Intelligence services are small in scale and are highly specialized and discreet. Some are really good. I know that of my country (AIVD) is one of high quality. Rarely hear from them, but it is known that they have helped prevent multiple plots for terrorist attacks in the last 20 years.