%0 Journal Article
%T Anomalies in the activities of counterintelligence services.  The case of the Republic of Latvia
%A Piasecki, Bolesław
%J Przegląd Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego
%V 2023
%R 10.4467/20801335PBW.23.034.18776
%N Numer 29 (15)
%P 373-385
%K intelligence, counterintelligence, espionage, agent, Latvia
%@ 2080-1335
%D 2023
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przeglad-bezpieczenstwa-wewnetrznego/artykul/anomalies-in-the-activities-of-counterintelligence-services-the-case-of-the-republic-of-latvia
%X 
	The article is devoted to examining the causes of qualitative and quantitative anomalies in the activity of penetration agents within the security system of the Republic of Latvia and other NATO countries in the period after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The author presents selected cases of espionage within the Republic of Latvia and proposes explanations for the discrepancies between this Baltic country and other NATO countries in the number of detected agents.