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The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) is the internal intelligence agency of
Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
founded under the Intelligence and Security Service Act which commenced in 2008. The DIS was formed to oversee matters of the
counterintelligence Counterintelligence (counter-intelligence) or counterespionage (counter-espionage) is any activity aimed at protecting an agency's Intelligence agency, intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering informati ...
and
internal security Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other Self-governance, self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. This task and rol ...
of
Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
. The DIS has investigative
jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' and 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, the concept of jurisdiction applies at multiple level ...
to
arrest An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be question ...
or
detain Detention is the process whereby a state or private citizen holds a person by removing or restricting their freedom or liberty at that time. Detention can be due to (pending) criminal charges against the individual pursuant to a prosecution or ...
and interrogate over a wide range of criminal offenses.


Organization

The Director General for the Agency is Brigadier Peter Magosi who was previously on the Special Forces for the
Botswana Defence Force The Botswana Defence Force (BDF, ) is the military of Botswana. The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force; there is also an air wing and a riverine patrol contingent attached to the ground forces, with 10 Panther airboats and 2 ...
before being appointed to the agency in 2018. Edward Robert is the Public relations officer of the DIS and Pensy Thulaganyo Moremedi is the Director of Special Assault Team , which is the elite tactical unit within the DIS, with the purpose of engaging in high-risk operations , counter-terror and paramilitary services.


See also

*
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority Botswana Communication Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) is a government agency founded under the Communications Regulatory Authority Act, 2012 (CRA Act) on the 1st of April 2013. BOCRA is responsible for regulating all matters related to telecommunic ...
* Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana * Statistics Botswana


References

Government agencies of Botswana Government agencies established in 2007 Intelligence analysis agencies {{Botswana-stub