Botswana intelligence community costs more - study

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The world economic downturn has not slowed down Botswana's spending on its spies. A comparative study, conducted and released last year by the United State's Mercyhurst College places Botswana 86th out of a total 195 countries, making the country one of the biggest spenders in the world.

According to the study entitled A Study Into The Size Of The World's Intelligence Industry Botswana's intelligence sector outstrips, in terms of expenditure and agents employed, many countries in the region and even those countries of a similar size.

Botswana spends US $ 25.7 million (about BWP 169.62 million) on the intelligence community in the coutry, this figure might be outdated as the Directorate on Security and Intelligence have been given a budget of P 200 million. According to the study the combined total of the intelligence community, possibly including even short term spies,  is pegged at 9,800 people, making it one of the biggest workforce and spenders in the continent.

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