The Securitate (Romanian for Security; official full name Departamentul Securităţii Statului, State Security Department), was the secret service of Communist Romania. Previously the Romanian secret police was called Siguranţa statului (State Safety). Founded on August 30, 1948 with help from the Soviet NKVD, the Securitate was abolished in December 1989, shortly after President Nicolae Ceauşescu was ousted. The Securitate was, in proportion to Romania's population, one of th… (More on Securitate)