The Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (german: Verfassungsschutzbericht) is an annual report on the activities of
far right
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,
far left, and
Islamic extremist
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circles and on espionage activities in Germany.
Gathered on the basis of §16 of the , since 1968 the report has been published annually by the German
Federal Ministry of the Interior
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Named "ministry"
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on behalf of its domestic intelligence agency, the
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (german: Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV, often ''Bundesverfassungsschutz'') is Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency. Together with the Landesämter für Verfassungss ...
''()''. While the state-level counterparts, the
State Offices for the Protection of the Constitution ''()'' contribute to the federal annual report, most
federal states
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publish their individual annual reports for their regional area of responsibility.
References
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External links
Verfassungsschutzbericht Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
Government reports
1968 establishments in Germany