International Operations Committee
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 31 December 2020 |
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| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Global |
| Headquarters | Government Square, Epping (civil) |
| Motto | Scutum et gladium et de re publica. (The Shield and Sword of the State) |
| Employees | 79,000 |
| Annual budget | $55 billion |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Justice Ministry of State Security |
| Website | http://www.SiS.gov.ms |
The International Operations Committee is a foreign intelligence service that operates in the United Kingdom of Malgrave. It is tasked with the gathering, processing and analysis of relevant intelligence gathered from all over the world through a mixture of human-driven intelligence operations (HUMINT) and electronic surveillance techniques (SIGINT), although the service also maintains the Special Operations Sections.
After being dissolved in the 1930's it was reestablished at the end of 2020 following a series of security reforms made by Prime Minister Nadzieja Brzezicki.
History
The International Operations Committee can trace its origins back to 1910 when it was established during the foundation of the Malgravean state. It was primarily tasked with defending the newly established nation from foreign threats through a mixture of human and signals intelligence gathering methods, although in later years it also expanded to organising special operations activities.
In the 1930's members of the International Operations Committee were involved in the defensive engagements that took place during the Great Exodus, however, in addition to these defensive goals members of the IOC also engaged in offensive operations against the Imerians lending their assistance to anti-colonial and radical political movements in Imeriata with the aims of disrupting the war effort through internal destabilisation.
After the Great Exodus contact with many of these international members was lost, however, it is suspected that many continued fighting with anti-colonial groups until their demise from natural or unnatural causes, and their names have been officially recorded in lists of IOC agents lost in action.
In the period of resettlement the role of the IOC was incredibly limited and this inertia was the cause of many disputes between itself and the Internal Security Division and the Political Protection Service which were in the middle of active arguments over the distribution of resources, after the 1938 Epping Bombing these arguments and rivalries were blamed for the near success of the incident and the responsibilities of the IOC were merged into the newly formed Special Investigative Service
Following the election of Nadzieja Brzezicki a series of planned intelligence reforms were implemented by her government and at the end of 2020 it was announced that the International Operations Committee was to be reestablished, with the SIS being reformed into an umbrella agency to coordinate activity between the IOC and its counterparts.
Operations
The International Operations Committee is officially tasked with the gathering, processing and analysis of intelligence gathered from field offices and operatives across the world through a mixture of human-driven intelligence operations (HUMINT) and electronic surveillance techniques (SIGINT).
It also maintains the Special Operations Sections, a series of specialised commando units that are tasked with engaging in special operations and assisting the strategic objectives of the Foreign Ministry and Defence Ministry.
The International Operations Committee is known to cooperate with its counterparts in the Dornalian Republic and other nations across Mystria.