Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)

Federal Criminal Police Office
Bundeskriminalamt
Federal Criminal Police Office; Bundeskriminalamt
	Main logo of the BKA
Abbreviation	BKA
Agency overview
Formed	15 March 1951 (73 years ago)
Preceding agency	Criminal Police Office for the British Zone;
Employees	7,130
Annual budget	€792 million (2021)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency; (Operations jurisdiction)	Germany
Operations jurisdiction	Germany
Legal jurisdiction	As defined in the Bundeskriminalamtgesetz [de]
Constituting instrument	Law on the Establishment of the Federal Criminal Police Office (German: BKA-Gesetz) and Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ("German: Grundgesetz");
General nature	Federal law enforcement;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Wiesbaden
Agency executive	Holger Münch, President;
Parent agency	Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
Divisions	11 International Coordination, Training and Research Center (IZ) ; State Security (ST) ; Serious and Organized Crime (SO) ; International Terrorism (TE) ; CyberCrime (CC) ; Close Protection Division (SG) ; Operational Mission and Investigative Support (OE) ; Central Information Management (ZI) ; Forensic Science Institute (KT) ; Information Technology (IT) ; Central and Administrative Affairs (ZV) ;
Facilities
Stations	Wiesbaden, Meckenheim, Berlin
Website
	www.bka.de; Federal Criminal Police Office on Twitter; Federal Criminal Police Office on Facebook; Federal Criminal Police Office's channel on YouTube;

The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (German: Bundeskriminalamt, pronounced [bʊndəskʁimiˈnaːlʔamt] ^ⓘ, abbreviated BKA^ⓘ) is the federal investigative police agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.^[3] It is headquartered in Wiesbaden, Hesse, and maintains major branch offices in Berlin and Meckenheim near Bonn. It has been headed by Holger Münch since December 2014.

Primary jurisdiction of the agency includes coordinating cooperation between the federation and state police forces; investigating cases of international organized crime, terrorism and other cases related to national security; counterterrorism; the protection of members of the constitutional institutions, and of federal witnesses. When requested by the respective state authorities or the federal minister of the interior, it also assumes responsibility for investigations in certain large-scale cases. Furthermore, the Attorney General of Germany can direct it to investigate cases of special public interest.^[4]

^ "BKA - Fakten und Zahlen". www.bka.de. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ "Bundeshaushalt". www.bundeshaushalt.de. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Policing Profiles of Participating and Partner States: Germany". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24.
^ "Law on the Federal Criminal Office and on the Cooperation of the Federation and the States in Criminal Police Matters, (German: Gesetz über das Bundeskriminalamt und die Zusammenarbeit des Bundes und der Länder in kriminalpolizeilichen Angelegenheiten)". Federal Ministry of Justice website (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2013-05-26.

[1] "BKA - Fakten und Zahlen". www.bka.de. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

[2] "Bundeshaushalt". www.bundeshaushalt.de. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[3] "Policing Profiles of Participating and Partner States: Germany". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24.

[BKA_Law-4] "Law on the Federal Criminal Office and on the Cooperation of the Federation and the States in Criminal Police Matters, (German: Gesetz über das Bundeskriminalamt und die Zusammenarbeit des Bundes und der Länder in kriminalpolizeilichen Angelegenheiten)". Federal Ministry of Justice website (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2013-05-26.

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