The Military Information Service (Italian: Servizio Informazioni Militari, S.I.M.) is the military intelligence agency of the Italian Social Republic. SIM is responsible for intelligence and security activities involving the military defence of Italy and for the integrity of the Italian State and of the Italian Empire. SIM reports to the Italian Ministry of Defence and operates both inside and outside of Italy's borders, and is required to disclose to him all information received or otherwise in its possession, analyses and elaborate situations, the transactions made and all matters relating to its activities. Its motto is "Omnia silendo ut audeam nosco" (Latin for "Hushing to listen, I know everything"). The SIM has the duty to seek and develop expertise in the areas of all relevant infor