The Counterintelligence Service or KOS (Serbo-Croatian language: Kontraobav(j)eštajna služba, Контраобав(ј)ештајна служба; Slovene language: Kontraobveščevalna služba
- Macedonian language
- Контраразузнавачка служба or Kontrarazuznavačka služba) was the counterintelligence service of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) that existed between 1946 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. In 1992, the Security Administration continued its work in Serbia and Montenegro.
Founding & structure[]
KOS was formed in 1946 as one of the remnants of the Department for Protection of the People (OZNA), with State Security Directorate (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 Milošević tenure and the role played in the break-up of SFRY (e.g. Operation Labrador [1] and Operation Opera orientalis).
See also[]
- State Security Administration (UDBA)
- Department of National Security (OZNA)
- Yugoslav People's Army
References[]
External links[]
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 'questioning' transcripts on Operations "Labrador" and "Opera".[dead link]
The original article can be found at KOS (Yugoslavia) and the edit history here.