The Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) is the central state body of the Republic of Croatia, responsible for gathering, analyzing, processing and evaluating data which is significant for national security, and has the goal of detecting and preventing the activities of individuals or groups, which are directed against the integrity, independence, indivisibility and sovereignty of the Republic of Croatia, which aim to forcefully destroy the organization of state government and endanger the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, legally specified human rights and basic freedoms and the fundamental economic system of the Republic of Croatia.
Operations within SOA's jurisdiction are conducted based on the National Security Strategy, Defence Strategy, Annual Guidelines for Security and Intelligence Agencies’ Operations, legislation, requests by legally authorized state bodies, or requests by the users of the results of the agencies’ work.
SOA operates from its Agency Headquarters in Zagreb, and from 10 regional centres.
The Director of SOA is appointed with the consent of the President of the Republic of Croatia and the Prime Minister.
The Director of SOA is Josip Buljević.
