MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds

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MI6 has been ranked as Europe's most powerful foreign intelligence service, scoring 251 points in a peer review by 60 professionals from 25 countries, commending its expertise in recruiting informants and penetrating ruling elites in Russia, China, Iran, and Turkey. France's DGSE finished second with 169 points, noted for its global reach and counter-terrorism capabilities, while the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Germany completed the top five.

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UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’MI6 has been ranked as the most powerful foreign intelligence service in Europe ahead of France and the Netherlands, according to a peer review. The British intelligence agency scored 251 points in the research and was commended for its expertise in recruiting high-level informants and penetrating the ruling elites in Russia, China, Iran and Turkey, according to the review by 60 professionals from

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