The Co-ordination unit of the fight against terrorism (french: Unité de coordination de la lutte anti-terroriste, UCLAT) is a French organization consisting of representatives from all active branches of the
National Police National Police may refer to the national police forces of several countries:
*Afghanistan: Afghan National Police
*Haiti: Haitian National Police
*Colombia: National Police of Colombia
*Cuba: Cuban National Police
*East Timor: National Police of ...
.
Founded in 1984, this structure ensures the coordination of all departments involved in the fight against terrorism. It performs a daily analysis and synthesis of information relating to terrorism by working closely with the
Central Directorate of Internal Intelligence, the
Directorate-General for External Security
The General Directorate for External Security (french: link=no, Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure, DGSE) is France's foreign intelligence agency, equivalent to the British MI6 and the American CIA, established on 2 April 1982. ...
, the
National Gendarmerie
The National Gendarmerie (french: Gendarmerie nationale, ) is one of two national law enforcement forces of France, along with the National Police. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Minis ...
and the
General Directorate of Customs.
UCLAT coordinates the sharing of operational information from all relevant authorities and services involved in the fight against terrorism, including anti-terrorist judges and the prison administration.
UCLAT is directly attached to the Office of the Director General of Police.
Since 2007, UCLAT performs between 300 and 400 telephone tapping a week.
It has in the order of 80 staff.
External links
* (fr
Renseignement et terrorisme sur ladocumentationfrancaise.fr (en) Intelligence and Terrorism
rchiveon ladocumentationfrancaise.fr
* (fr
L’antiterrorisme espionne aussi mails et textos, Le Figaro, 28 mai 2007
rchive(en) The anti-terrorism spying also mails and text messages, Le Figaro, 28 May 2007
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La coordination entre les services - Site du SGDN
rchive(en) The coordination between the services - Site NWMO
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National Police (France)
Non-military counterterrorist organizations
1984 establishments in France