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Government & administration
Agence Nationale de Renseignements → BfV + Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz
ANR
1 → 2 split
In Germany
Seventeen services, not one — a federal office and one per state — and by law none of them may arrest, search or detain. Gathering and assessing intelligence is all they are permitted to do.
1 → 2 split
Who does what
Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (Domestic intelligence service)Internal security intelligence
Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz (State office for the protection of the constitution)Internal security intelligence
Main similarities
- Domestic intelligence on threats to the state
- A national civilian body reporting to the interior ministry
Main differences
- The BfV cannot arrest, search or detain — German law separates intelligence from police
- Each federal state runs its own Verfassungsschutz office alongside the federal one
- Foreign intelligence is a different service entirely, the BND
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01 · Internal security intelligenceAgence Nationale de Renseignements → Bundesamt für VerfassungsschutzDifferent approach
Both gather domestic intelligence, but under different powers: the BfV holds no police powers whatsoever under the separation required by German law.
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