Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz

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The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz is Germany’s domestic intelligence agency responsible for protecting the democratic constitutional order from extremist and espionage threats.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German federal agency
domestic intelligence agency
intelligence service
cooperatesWith Bundesnachrichtendienst
Landesämter für Verfassungsschutz
Militärischer Abschirmdienst
foreign intelligence services
country Germany
dateFounded 1950-11-07
employer civil servants
public employees
hasMotto Für Freiheit und Sicherheit
headquartersCountry Germany
headquartersLocation Cologne
jurisdiction Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalBasis BVerfSchG
Bundesverfassungsschutzgesetz
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia
monitors Islamist extremism
cyber espionage
espionage activities
foreign extremism
left-wing extremism
proliferation-related activities
right-wing extremism
nativeName Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz self-link
oversight Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
G10-Kommission
surface form: G10 Commission

Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium des Deutschen Bundestages
surface form: Parliamentary Control Panel of the German Bundestag
parentOrganization Federal Ministry of the Interior
surface form: Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat

Federal Ministry of the Interior
surface form: Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
precededBy Gehlen Organization
surface form: Organisation Gehlen
primaryTask countering extremism
counterintelligence
monitoring efforts directed against the constitutional order
protection against espionage
protection against terrorism
protection of the free democratic basic order
prohibitedFrom law enforcement powers
police executive powers
publicationFrequency annually
publishes Verfassungsschutzbericht
reportsTo Federal Minister of the Interior and Community
surface form: Federal Minister of the Interior
scopeOfOperations within Germany
shortName BfV
translatedName Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
usesMethod human intelligence
open-source intelligence
signals intelligence (limited, in cooperation with other agencies)
website https://www.verfassungsschutz.de

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Subject: Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
Description of subject: The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz is Germany’s domestic intelligence agency responsible for protecting the democratic constitutional order from extremist and espionage threats.

Referenced by (8)

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East German Stasi opposedBy Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany cooperatesWith Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
this entity surface form: domestic intelligence service of Germany (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz)
Federal Ministry of the Interior oversees Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
this entity surface form: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
Chief of the German Chancellery oversees Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
this entity surface form: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
West German intelligence services hadComponent Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
Bundesnachrichtendienst cooperatesWith Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz nativeName Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz self-link
Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz translatedName Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution