| Romanian Intelligence Service | |
|---|---|
| Romanian: Serviciul Român de Informaţii | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | March 26, 1990 |
| Preceding agency | Securitate |
| Headquarters | Bucharest |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executives | George Cristian Maior, Director Brig. Gen. Florian Coldea, First-Deputy Director Lieutenant General Dumitru Ion Zamfir, Deputy Director Colonel George-Viorel Voinescu, Deputy Director |
| Website | |
| www.sri.ro | |
The Romanian Intelligence Service (Romanian: Serviciul Român de Informaţii, SRI) is the Romanian domestic intelligence service. It is considered the descendant of the former Departamentul Securităţii Statului (also called Securitate), of the Socialist Republic of Romania. The official decree (No. 181) that created the agency was released on March 26, 1990.
The service functions in collaboration with other branches of the country's security services, although their funds were scaled down and the secret service lost the position the Securitate held.
Under the command of Director George Cristian Maior, a long-term process of reform commenced implementation at the beginning of 2007. Reforms include structural changes and a redefinition of the service's role.
On 28 February 2008 Romanian counter-intelligence agents arrested a bulgarian citizen and an romanian MApN NCO, former bulgarian military attaché Petar Marinov Zikolov on charges of espionage and romanian NCO Floricel Achim on charges of treason by transmitting military secrets. Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs spokesperson denied any involvment in Marinov Zikolov's activities. The prosecution is arguing that the secret documents may have been transferred to Ukraine or Russia. It sparked a Diplomatic scandal betwen Romania and Ukraine[1] [2] [3][4] . Petar Marinov Zikolov and Floricel Achim where both sentenced to 12 years and 6 months of prison[5] .
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