•
Federal Intelligence Service (BND) ():
foreign and
military intelligence •
Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) (): (defensive)
counterintelligence within the
Bundeswehr and the
Federal Ministry of Defence. •
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) (): national
domestic intelligence •
State Offices for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV) (): domestic intelligence for the 16 subnational
states Besides that there are several other military and civilian agencies in Germany which do not have the status of an intelligence service, but have certain responsibilities similar to those of intelligence services or include close cooperation with German intelligence services: •
Strategic Reconnaissance Command (KSA) (): central functional command for military intelligence, military
signals intelligence and
geospatial intelligence, part of
Cyber and Information Domain Service. Subordinate units include Centre for Cyber Operations and Centre for Operational Communication (the latter being responsible for military
Psychological Operations and
Information Operations). •
Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector (ZITiS) ():
cryptanalysis and digital surveillance. Mainly works as a support and research agency for law enforcement and BfV. •
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) ():
information security and
cyber security. •
Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) (): criminal and national security intelligence. Not actually an intelligence agency, but resembles one in a few aspects (the department State Protection (German: Staatsschutz) investigates police-relevant
political extremism, terrorism and espionage; recently new departments for cyber crime and Islamist terrorism were created). •
State Criminal Police Offices (LKA) (): State police services have their own police units responsible for State Protection. Further responsibilities for state protection may be distributed to regional police entities within the states. •
Federal Police (BPOL) (): Federal (primarily) uniformed police service with responsibility for border, aviation and railway security; one of its legal responsibilities is the support of the BfV on the field of radio technology, including signals intelligence to identify foreign intelligence services communication within Germany. •
Customs Investigation Bureau (ZKA) (): investigation and analysis of certain financial crimes, cases of arms proliferation and drug trafficking. Central organizational entity for the regional branches of federal customs investigation service. •
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) (): Central agency for the fight against
money laundering and terrorist financing. Formerly an entity of the BKA and set up in 2017 as a subdirectorate of the ZKA until becoming a division of the General Customs Directorate in 2021. ==Former agencies==