Direcția Generală de Protecție Internă (General Directorate for Internal Protection, DGPI) is the criminal intelligence agency of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was created following the disbanding of UM 0215.
The objective of the General Directorate for Internal Protection is to know the risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the remit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ensure an effective approach and the integration of an operational situation, in order to enforce laws and uphold the rule of law and democracy.Obiectiv și priorități strategice , dgipi.mai.gov.ro, accesat la 5 January 2010
Number of Employees In November 2003, the DGPI had 2,400 employees.Duel Talpes - Ardelean, anuntat de un american, 5 November 2003, evz.ro, accesat la 13 May 2011
In 2006 the number of DGPI employees was 2,000 and in 2009 it reached 3,200.EDITORIALUL EVZ: 3.200 de spioni în slujba lui Geoană, 11 February 2009, evz.ro, accesat la 16 May 2011
In 2016, before the dissolution, DGPI had 1800 employees.
Organization The county sections of the DGPI are called the Information and Internal Protection Service (SIPI).Constanța: Șapte ofițeri ai Serviciului de Informații și Protecție Internă au fost avansați în grad, 2 February 2010, adevarul.ro, accessdate 12 May 2011
Leadership August 2016 - present — Mihai Mărculescu
See also Foreign Intelligence Service (Romania) (SIE) Serviciul de Telecomunicații Speciale (STS)
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