The mission of Supo is to safeguard national security
The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service counters threats to Finland’s national security and provides unique intelligence to prevent threats in advance.
The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) is an agency of the Ministry of the Interior that operates in Finland and abroad.
Supo:
- gathers, analyses, and reports intelligence to substantiate policymaking
- combats terrorism
- prevents espionage
- monitors and assesses the threat posed by domestic extremism
- conducts security clearances on individuals seeking positions of importance for national security or for some very important private interest
The aim is to detect, prevent and disclose any actions, schemes or criminal offences that may jeopardise the order of the State or society, or threaten Finland’s internal or external security.
International collaboration is an integral part of the work of Supo
International collaboration is important to all intelligence services, and Supo also gathers some of its required intelligence in this way, exchanging intelligence bilaterally and multilaterally with the security agencies of various countries.
The main international partners of Supo are the security and intelligence services of the Nordic and other European countries. Supo also maintains connections to services outside of Europe.
Supo also participates in traditional international police collaboration in its own field of work, with the emphasis on intelligence instead of criminal investigation.