Dutch Intelligence Service Ranked Third Best in Europe - DutchNews.nl
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Signals intelligence and real spies. These are the greatest strengths of the Swedish intelligence service, according to the French L'Express, which had experts rate Europe's intelligence services.
The Dutch AIVD ranks among the three best intelligence services in Europe. This is the conclusion of the French weekly L'Express in a ranking compiled based on sixty high-ranking figures in the Western espionage world. Only the intelligence services of the United Kingdom and France perform better, the magazine writes. According to Huib Modderkolk, an investigative journalist at de Volkskrant specializing in intelligence services, the AIVD perfo…
International accolades for our intelligence service: the AIVD is among the three best secret services in Europe. This is evident from a ranking published by the French weekly L’Express following a survey of sixty leading figures from the European and Western intelligence world. Eric Schouten, a former AIVD officer who was personally involved in this research, is not surprised by this result: ‘The Netherlands is by nature a trading nation, stron…
The AIVD is among the three best secret services in Europe. This is evident from a remarkable ranking published by the French weekly L’Express following a survey of sixty leading figures from the European and Western intelligence world. But: ‘All European services are too bureaucratic, too fat’.
An assessment by 60 intelligence professionals from 25 countries jointly placed the SBU and Ukrainian military intelligence behind the services of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. Experts highlighted their creativity, ability to execute complex operations and willingness to take extreme risks on Russian territory. Kiev – 5 August 2026 – Total News Agency – TNA. Ukrainian intelligence services were ranked among the four most effect…
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