Securitate
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Securitate was the notorious secret police and intelligence service of communist Romania, known for its extensive surveillance, repression, and control over the population.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romanian Securitate | 1 |
| Siguranța Statului | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ secret police ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DSS ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
Ceaușescu regime
ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ |
| commonName | Securitate self-link ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Nicolae Ceaușescu
ⓘ
Romanian Communist Party ⓘ |
| country | Romania ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1990 ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Romanian National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives ⓘ |
| employed |
informants
ⓘ
officers ⓘ |
| established | 1948 ⓘ |
| hasArchive | CNSAS archives ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the most repressive secret police in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bucharest ⓘ |
| ideology | communism ⓘ |
| involvedIn | repression of the 1989 Romanian Revolution ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Romania ⓘ |
| language | Romanian ⓘ |
| nativeName | Departamentul Securității Statului ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive surveillance of the population
ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ repression of political dissent ⓘ use of informant networks ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Romania
ⓘ
surface form:
Socialist Republic of Romania
|
| partOf | Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Romanian Communist Party ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Securitate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Siguranța Statului
|
| primaryFunction |
counterintelligence
ⓘ
domestic surveillance ⓘ intelligence gathering ⓘ internal security ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
lustration debates in Romania
ⓘ
post-communist investigations ⓘ |
| successor | Serviciul Român de Informații ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
blackmail
ⓘ
interrogation ⓘ mail interception ⓘ psychological intimidation ⓘ surveillance ⓘ torture ⓘ wiretapping ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Romanian Securitate
this entity surface form:
Siguranța Statului
subject surface form:
Romanian Communist Party