According to SIRP , the Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa or the Portuguese Republic Intelligence System (SIRP) it was established in 1984 as above mentioned, envisioning three intelligence services: Defence and Strategic Intelligence Service (SIED), Military Intelligence Services (SIM) and Security Intelligence Service (SIS). The regulations of these three services were established by the Decree Laws n. º 224/85 for SIED, n. º 225/85 for SIS and n. º 226/85 for SIM …show more content…
One of SIS key purposes is to make Portugal a hostile territory to the presence and action of organised crime, particularly because of its nature and capability to undermine the financial and economic system (public or private). Considering that, plus the ability to infiltrate and undermine or disrupt state structures, these networks must be tackled in advance by the intelligence services.
Thereof, the intelligence services establish patterns through the analysis of these groups’ origins, evolution and adaptation capabilities, are capable to outline stronger and effective strategies to tackle it. Moreover, SIS is committed to the production of intelligence to identify trends/patterns in the activities of criminal structures, diverse typologies, working mechanisms, including the level of hierarchies, as well as behavioural actions of its members, geographic areas of operation plus routes for their strategic activities (drug, arms, human trafficking, money laundering, facilitation of illegal immigration, amidst other