Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)

Federal Criminal Police Office Bundeskriminalamt
Abbreviation	BKA
Main logo of the BKA
Agency overview
Formed	15 March 1951 (65 years ago) (1951-03-15)
Preceding agency	Criminal Police Office for the British Zone
Employees	5,200
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	Germany
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction.
Constituting instrument	Law on the Establishment of the Federal Criminal Police Office (German: BKA-Gesetz)
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	Wiesbaden
Agency executive	Holger Münch (), President
Divisions	9 International Coordination (IK) State Security (ST) Serious and Organized Crime (SO) Protection Division (SG) Central CID Services (ZD) Institute of Law Enforcement Studies and Training (KI) Forensic Science Institute (KT)
Website
www.bka.de
Footnotes
Reference for infobox data

The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (in German:  Bundeskriminalamt , abbreviated  BKA ) is the federal investigative police agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. It is headquartered in Wiesbaden, Hesse, and maintains major branch offices in Berlin and Meckenheim near Bonn. It is headed by Holger Münch since Dec 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.