The Constitution Protection Office
(
Hungarian: "''Alkotmányvédelmi Hivatal''",
"''AH''") is a
Hungarian internal security intelligence agency, formerly known as ''Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal'' (en. Office of National Security). Its primary responsibilities are:
counterintelligence,
anticorruption
Anti-corruption (or anticorruption) comprises activities that oppose or inhibit corruption. Just as corruption takes many forms, anti-corruption efforts vary in scope and in strategy. A general distinction between preventive and reactive measu ...
,
economic security and related proactive measures. The ''AH'' also leads investigations against
organized crime and deals with (mainly internal) threats against society (such as
subversion
Subversion () refers to a process by which the values and principles of a system in place are contradicted or reversed in an attempt to transform the established social order and its structures of power, authority, hierarchy, and social norms. Sub ...
).
AH is active since 2010.
General Directors
Dr. Bárdos Szabolcs
External links
internet page of the AH
References
{{National intelligence agencies
Hungarian intelligence agencies
National security institutions
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