Internal Security Agency
| Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego | |
Logo of the Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego (ABW) | |
ABW headquarters at 2a Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 29 June 2002 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Poland |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
| Annual budget | 710,356,000 zł (2023) |
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| Agency executives | |
| Website | www |
The Internal Security Agency (ISA or ABW; Polish: Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego) is Poland's domestic counterintelligence and security agency. The ABW is responsible for analyzing, reporting and preventing threats to Poland's internal security, including terrorism, foreign espionage, arms smuggling, drug trafficking, organized crime, corruption and economic coercion. Its powers include arresting individuals, conducting searches and investigations, and combating terrorism with a specialized armed anti-terrorist force.
The ABW is headquartered on ul. Rakowiecka in the Mokotów district of Warsaw. As part of its institutional hierarchy, the Head of the ABW reports directly to the Prime Minister of Poland, who in turn provides oversight of the ABW, or can appoint a special minister to coordinate intelligence and security activities for oversight.: 16 The ABW is considered by the government of Poland to be one of the nation's special services.