The Swedish Security Service ( , SÄPO , , formerly , RPS/Säk, until 1989) is a
Swedish
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government agency
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organized under the
Ministry of Justice
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. It operates as a
security agency
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responsible for
counter-espionage
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,
counter-terrorism
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