The General Intelligence and Security Service (Dutch: Algemene Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD), formerly known as the Domestic Security Service (Dutch: Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD)), is the secret service of the Netherlands. The office is in Zoetermeer. Its predecessor was the 1945-1947 Bureau of National Security (Dutch: Bureau voor Nationale Veiligheid).
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