Kontra-Obaveštajna Služba
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Kontraobaveštajna služba (abbreviated KOS or КОС, Serbo-Croatian
: Kontraobaveštajna/Kontraobavještajna služba or Контраобавештајна/Контраобавјештајна служба, Slovenian
: Kontraobveščevalna služba, Macedonian
: Контраразузнавачка служба) was the counter-intelligence
service of the Yugoslav People's Army
.
(OZNA), with State Security Directorate
(UDBA) forming the second, civilian, component of the new security and intelligence structure of SFR Yugoslavia.
tenure and the role played in the break-up of SFRY (e.g. Operation Labrador and Operation Opera orientalis
).
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
: Kontraobaveštajna/Kontraobavještajna služba or Контраобавештајна/Контраобавјештајна служба, Slovenian
Slovenian language
Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
: Kontraobveščevalna služba, Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
: Контраразузнавачка служба) was the counter-intelligence
Counter-intelligence
Counterintelligence or counter-intelligence refers to efforts made by intelligence organizations to prevent hostile or enemy intelligence organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them. National intelligence programs, and, by extension, the overall defenses of...
service of the Yugoslav People's Army
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...
.
Founding & structure
KOS was formed in 1946 as one of the remnants of the Department for Protection of the PeopleOZNA
The Department for the Protection of the People was a security agency of the FPR Yugoslavia.-Founding:...
(OZNA), with State Security Directorate
UDBA
The Department of State Security was the secret police organization of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.Although it operated with more restraint than other secret...
(UDBA) forming the second, civilian, component of the new security and intelligence structure of SFR Yugoslavia.
Activities
Most information is still scant due to its classification as military secret, but some can be traced in the media, especially during the MiloševićSlobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
tenure and the role played in the break-up of SFRY (e.g. Operation Labrador and Operation Opera orientalis
Opera orientalis
Operation Opera Orientalis was a false flag operation carried out during the Yugoslav Wars. In August 1991, the Jewish cemetery and Jewish community center in Zagreb, Croatia were bombed...
).