• Source: State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Hamburg

The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is the state authority for the protection of the constitution in the federal state of Hamburg. The main tasks of the state authority include monitoring right-wing extremism, left-wing extremism, foreign extremism, fundamentalism of all kinds, counter-espionage and monitoring the Scientology organization.




Legality


The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and its employees work on the basis of the Hamburg Constitution Protection Act and the Federal Constitution Protection Act. The cooperation takes place with the other state intelligence agencies. The legal regulation of the Federal Constitution Protection Act ensures that citizens' data protection is protected and is subject to the principle of proportionality. The security screening of people is only permitted on a legal basis. The prerequisite for a screening is the directive of the Hamburg Security Screening Act.




Duties


As a domestic intelligence service, the primary task of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is to protect the free democratic basic order. Security also serves the federal government and the states. In order to take this protection and security into account, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution collects information from open and/or intelligence resources on corresponding efforts that have decided against the legal interest. In order to do justice to these tasks, Paragraph §4 is applied.
The filtered findings on extremism are transmitted to the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, for example, in the annual report of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, in order to draw attention to the corresponding dangers caused by extremism and to be legally prepared. This information is made available to the general public, to every individual citizen, on the State Office's website. This extremism mainly takes the form of right-wing extremism, left-wing extremism, foreign extremism and fundamentalism. Attention is also paid to espionage and sabotage.




Control


The work of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is subject to continuous control by the "Parliamentary Control Committee" of the Hamburg Parliament. The G 10 Commission of the Parliament decides on the admissibility and necessity of measures to restrict the secrecy of letters, mail and telecommunications. The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information also has extensive control powers. As with all other authorities, the administrative actions of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution are in principle subject to judicial review.




Budget


After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the number of employees at the state agency was increased annually, and in 2008, 148 employees were hired. The number of employees is regulated by a staffing plan. The financial resources required also increased annually, and were given as a total of €11,589,000 for 2008. The agency's intelligence information system shows 31,124 people stored for 2008. In 2008, the state agency expressed concerns about ten naturalization cases. In the same year, 21 cases were examined in the residency process. On the basis of the Schengen Agreement, 14 cases were assessed as questionable in the corresponding visa procedures in 2008. In order to combat sabotage, the state agency subjected 9,115 people to an air security check at Hamburg Airport in 2008. Checks were also carried out at the Port of Hamburg. The Port Security Act 2008 was applied to 59 people.




Structure


In order to optimally cover all areas of responsibility, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is divided into departments. The hierarchy is formed by a head of department. This is followed by departments 1 to 3. These, in turn, are divided into sections.




Departments and Units


Head of Office: Torsten Voß
Department V1: Central tasks
Section V11: Administration
Section V12: Central IT and G10
Section V13: Operational
Department V2: Evaluation
Department V201: Principles, participation tasks
Department V21: Islamism
Department V22: Right-wing extremism, Scientology
Department V23: Left-wing extremism, extremism with a foreign connection
Department V3: Counter-espionage, security, law
Department V31: Security
Department V32: Counter-espionage and economic protection
Department V4: Intelligence gathering
Department V41: Observation, conspiratorial investigation
Department V42: Research, advertising and surveys
Department V43: VP leadership




Lineage






External links


Website des Landesamtes für Verfassungsschutz der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar karya tentang Perusahaan Hindia Timur Belanda
• State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Hamburg
• State Office for the Protection of the Constitution
• Government of Hamburg
• Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
• History of Hamburg
• Constitution of the German Empire
• Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
• Law for the Protection of the Republic
• Accession of Hamburg to the Zollverein
• Antifa (Germany)