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Independent Operative Service (SIO)

The Independent Operative Service (SIO) which functions within the General Directorate of Penitentiaries (DGP), is special intelligence unit of the Justice Ministry. Although very little was known about this relatively new secret service, it has been revealed that IOS, headed by Major General Ioan Chis, is in charge of gathering information regarding delinquency and organised crime within Romania's prison system, as well as of protecting state secrets within the DGP.