OZNA

Department for Protection of the People
Odjeljenje za zaštitu naroda (Croatian); Odeljenje za zaštitu naroda (Serbian); Oddelek za zaščito naroda (Slovene); Одделение за заштита на народот (Macedonian);
Secret police overview
Formed	13 May 1944
Preceding Secret police	Department for State Protection;
Dissolved	March 1946
Superseding agencies	KOS (military); UDBA (civil);
Jurisdiction	SFR Yugoslavia
Headquarters	Belgrade

The Department for Protection of the People, commonly known under its Serbo-Croatian acronym as OZNA, was the security agency of Communist Yugoslavia that existed between 1944 and 1946.

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