ABIN

The Brazilian Intelligence Agency is Brazil's civil main intelligence agency, being the main government entity of the Brazilian Intelligence System. It is Brazil's equivalent of the CIA, and of the SVR. Its functions are to investigate real and potential threats, to identify opportunities that are in the interest of the Brazilian government and society, to defend the democratic rule of law, and to secure national sovereignty. It was created by a law during the Fernando Henrique Cardoso administration on 1999. Despite being created relatively recently, intelligence assessment exists in Brazil since 1927.