Annual Report 2016 Welcoming address

Dear readers,

also the year 2016 posed major challenges to the German safety and se- Content curity bodies. In Europe as well as in Germany, particularly with the terrible Page attack at the Berlin Breitscheidplatz, we had to witness terroristic attacks. Members of the Federal Police were either, as in Hanover, victims them- Welcoming address by the Federal Minister of the Interior ...... 1 selves or immediately concerned through searches or other operational Foreword by the President of the Federal Police Headquarters ...... 3 measures at train stations, airports or on the border. The Federal Police at a glance ...... 4 Organisation...... 8 We can rely on our Federal Police. The increase of 11.5 per cent in suc- cessful searches for persons shows the relevance the Federal Police has Staff ...... 12 gained in combination with its partners. And this is why the considerable Education and training ...... 24 and unprecedented increase of approximately 7,300 new positions within Abroad ...... 30 the Federal Police by the year 2020 was the right and wholehearted deci- The Federal Police in focus ...... 34 sion that was met with great public support. With all their versatile tasks and regardless of the requirements that in- creased once again in 2016, the officers of the Federal Police performed Federal Police Special Forces GSG 9/ Protection of Persons Abroad ...... 46 Compared with 2015, the number of cases of bodily harm within the pur- superbly. They rendered our country vital and indispensible services. For The Federal Police’s BFE+ ...... 48 view of the Federal Police increased by 12.5 per cent – a fact that concerns this I thank every employee within the Federal Police – the deployed officers Prevention ...... 50 me deeply. In order to reverse this development we have to look for answers and those working in administration and elsewhere. Police technology ...... 52 not only in policing strategies, but in joined preventative efforts. Security is the responsibility of many parts of society – not just that of the Federal Police. In order to strengthen the public recognition of police and rescue forces, Federal Police – figures, data, facts ...... 68 we started a publicity campaign (strongforyou.de) in 2017. Support for top-level sport ...... 90 One look at the top-sport support at the Federal Police: Of the 24 Federal Police athletes who represented Germany from 5th to 21st August at the I wish you an interesting read of the annual report of the Federal Police. Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, eight – which is every third athlete – came home as an Olympic champion. Three of them even with two gold medals. The athletes of the Federal Police also gained one silver medal, one bronze Dr. Thomas de Maizière, MP medal and twelve top ten placements. An extraordinary performance. Federal Minister of the Interior RUBRIKENTITEL Foreword

Dear readers,

“ACAB”. What does it mean? “A coke, a beer”? “All colours are beauti- ful”? “All cops are beautiful”?

It can be quite surprising what poor excuses some clever lawyers come up with in order to justify their clients’ behaviour. And it is shameful at the same time.

Police officers are not some animals; they are not some anonymous mass. They are humans with a mind and a soul – and dignity, just like any other human. For those who smear “ACAB” on walls, these officers are just “bastards” who might even be kicked when they are down on the ground – how shameful.

At the beginning, when I took over as President of the Federal Police, some of those lawyer’s letters or orders to dismiss a case annoyed me. But Federal Police is not least an expression of appreciation of and trust in now I think that in the end and unintentionally the truth really lies within this us. Immediate consequences of this are 7,300 new positions within the legal distortion of words: “All cops are beautiful”. I even have a plate on Federal Police by the year 2020. the top of my desk with these words on it. So today, when I am in a football arena and I see a banner saying “ACAB”, I start smiling inwardly and think: Dear readers, please get your own picture of us, of the German Federal “All cops are beautiful” – and it couldn’t be any better. Police, with the help of this annual report and you will see: “All cops are beautiful.” Naturally, all this is not about a competition in interpretation, but about attitude. It is about our composure and aplomb that we display when deal- Dr. Dieter Romann, ing with often bottomless and sometimes unjustified criticism appropri- President of the ately. The politically undisputed discussion about increasing staff of the Federal Police Headquarters

2 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 RUBRIKENTITEL THE FEDERAL POLICE AT A GLANCE

round the clock and with modern equipment, the Federal Police is committed to the security of German citizens and visitors to our country. The focus of A the operations is along the borders, on rail facilities, on the country’s coastlines, and at its airports. Other main tasks are major operations and interna- tional police missions. The helicopters of the Federal Police Flight Service provide cross-functional support.

. In border police danger prevention, the . The Federal Police safeguards aviation . The Federal Task Force has at its disposal Federal Police is responsible for a 30 km wide security at 14 large German commercial air- rapidly deployable units in support of other stretch along the 3,760 km long German bor- ports. This includes monitoring the airport Federal Police offices and demand carriers ders. Along the 760 km long sea borders at grounds as well as – with the exception of in cases of events and gatherings and thus the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, the Feder- Munich Airport – passenger and luggage makes an indispensable contribution to main- al Police is responsible for a stretch which is checks. In addition, the Federal Police de- taining Germany’s internal security. 50 km wide. In the fight against cross-border ploys sky marshals on board of German air- crime, the Federal Police officers monitor, crafts to provide security for air traffic. . The tracing of wanted persons and wanted trace and investigate. Furthermore, they carry goods is another core competency of the Feder- out border police controls at many airports . On the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, the al Police. In 2016 it recorded a total of 133,602 and harbours, and execute repatriations. Federal Police operates with its maritime tracing successes of persons and goods. This is component as part of the Federal Govern- an increase of 9.8 per cent as compared to the . Danger prevention in the interest of public ment’s coastguard. With its resources, it re- previous year. The share of executed arrest war- security or order in rail traffic is another core pels border policing dangers at the German rants lies at 13,751, an increase of 11.7 per cent. task of the Federal Police. The protection of Schengen external borders, monitors mari- 20,022 tracing hits could be linked to the Schen- rail facilities of federal railroads as part of time traffic, investigates environmental viola- gen information system, which is an increase of the German critical infrastructure (KRITIS) is tions and acts in an advisory capacity for Ger- 9.5 per cent. Thus, the Federal Police is respon- in the focus of national and entrepreneurial man fleets in the worldwide defence against sible for 47.1 per cent of the tracing successes safety precaution. piracy attacks. of all authorities on national and state level.

The Federal Police . The Federal Police protects especially high- . GSG 9 is the Federal Police’s Special . The crime fighting capacity of the Federal risk constitutional bodies and ministries of the Forces Unit for the fight against terrorism Police is characterised by specific investiga- Federal Government. Among these are prop- and serious crime. The threat of Islamic ter - tion competences. Here, priority cases like at a glance erties of the Office of the Federal President of rorism in particular has caused the GSG 9 people trafficking, violent crimes, property Germany, Federal Chancellery, Federal Foreign to modify their operations and training fo- crimes committed by traveling offenders and Office, the Federal Ministries of the Interior and cuses. In cooperation with their interna- crimes utilizing the internet as a means of of Justice as well as the Federal Constitutional tional partners the GSG 9 is gaining major crime, as well as crime prevention and dan- Court in Karlsruhe and the Headquarters of the insights for fighting off current attack sce- ger prevention in the context of Politically German Federal Bank in Frankfurt am Main. narios. Motivated Crime form the focus.

4 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 5 THE FEDERAL POLICE AT A GLANCE

224.4m...... [ Air passengers Scope in Germany in 2016 ]

...... 33,380 [ Total kilometers track network of Deutsche Bahn AG ]

...... 2.02b [ Rail passengers Deutsche Bahn AG in 2016 ]

...... 5,662 [ Train stations and stops ] = ICE lines = IC/EC lines = Regio lines ...... 14 ...... 760 km 3,760...... km [ Airports at which the [ Maritime borders ] [ Land borders ] Federal Police is responsible 6 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 for aviation safety ] Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 7 RUBRIKENTITEL 3 1 ...... Federal Police Cavalry Orchestras Division 1 2 ...... Federal Police Air Federal Police Support Group 10 Sport Colleges 1 ...... 143 Federal Police Federal Police ...... Departments Special Forces Federal Police GSG 9 1 Stations 5 ...... Federal Police Police and Customs 10 Headquarters Cooperation Centres ...... 6 ...... 1 Federal Police ...... Federal Police Regional Offices Federal Police Training Centres Academy 83 ...... Organisation 1 Federal Police ...... District Offices Federal Police 4 Sea 1 ...... 8 ...... Federal Police Protection of Air Squadrons Regional Persons Abroad Workshops

8 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 9 BPOLAFZ Walsrode BPOLFLS Oberschleißheim BPOLAFZ Neustrelitz Bundespolizeipräsidium ORGANISATIONAL BPOLAFZ Swisttal GSG 9 BPOL Gemeinsames Zentrum Federal Police CHART BPOLAFZ Eschwege BPOLFLS Fuldatal Regionale Bereichswerkstatt Federal Police Headquarters (Sankt Augustin) GSG 9 der Bundespolizei Regional Offices and District Offices BPOLAFZ Oerlenbach BPOLAK BPOLFLG Personenschutz Ausland der Bundespolizei BPOLFLS Blumberg BPOLAFZ Bamberg (Lübeck) (Potsdam) (Sankt Augustin) Bundespolizei-Fliegergruppe BPOLSPSCH Bad Endorf PSA BPOL Bundespolizei-Fliegerstaffel BPOLSPSCH Kienbaum BPOLFLS Fuhlendorf Stützpunkt des Bundespolizei-Flugdienstes Bundespolizeidirektion BPOLTZK (Sankt Augustin) Padborg Bundespolizeidirektion Flughafen Frankfurt/Main

Bundespolizeiinspektion Flensburg Bredstedt Bundespolizeiinspektion Kriminalitätsbekämpfung Mukran Bundespolizeiinspektion Flughafen Puttgarden

Bundespolizeirevier BPOLD BPOLD BPOLD BPOLD BPOLD BPOLD BPOLD BPOLD BPOLD Flugh. Kiel Warnemünde Stralsund Direktion Bundesbere- Züge der Mobilen Kontroll- und Überwachungseinheiten

Direktion Bundesbereitschaftspolizei Überseehafen Neustadt Lubmin Bad Bramstedt Hannover Sankt Augustin Koblenz Stuttgart München Pirna Berlin Frankfurt/Main itschaftspolizei (Fuldatal) Neumünster Bundespolizeiabteilung Rostock Fuhlendorf Ahlbeck Brunsbüttel Anklam Bundespolizeiakademie Wismar Lübeck Bundespolizeiaus- und -fortbildungszentrum Cuxhaven Bad Bramstedt

Bundespolizeiausbildungsstätte Ratzeburg Schwerin Pasewalk BPOLABT Altona Neubrandenburg Direktionsbereich BPOLI KB BPOLI KB BPOLI KB BPOLI KB Stab BPOL BPOLI KB BPOLI KB BPOLI KB Flugh. Bundespolizeisportschule Bremerhaven Hbf. Harburg Hamburg Halle Berlin Frankfurt/Main Ratzeburg Pomellen Bundespolizei See Hamburg Köln Bexbach Stuttgart Flugh. München Emden Neustrelitz Gartz Lüneburg Bunde Oldenburg Angermünde Bremen BPOLI Flgh. Meseberg BPOLI BPOLI Münster BPOLI BPOLI BPOLI KB BPOLI BPOLI I BPOLABT Wittenberge BPOLI KB Eberswalde Hamburg Kassel Karlsruhe München Magdeburg Berlin-Hbf. Uelzen Uelzen Rostock Walsrode Oranienburg Blumberg

Tegel Stendal BPOLI Kleve BPOLI II Berlin Kienbaum Manschnow BPOLI BPOLI Gifhorn BPOLI BPOLI BPOLI BPOLI BPOLI BPOLABT Bad Bentheim Brandenburg Schönefeld Bhf. Swiecko Würzburg POTSDAM Frankfurt (Oder) B-Ostbahnhof Osnabrück Hannover Braunschweig Flensburg Flugh. HH Trier Offenburg Erfurt Duderstadt Eisenhüttenstadt BPOLI Düsseldorf BPOLI III Hildesheim Magdeburg BPOLI BPOLI Forst Bielefeld Guben Münster Halberstadt BPOLI BPOLI BPOLI Klin- Cottbus BPOLI BPOLI Nürnberg BPOLABT Dessau Forst BPOLI Aachen Kleve Kiel Bad Bentheim Bexbach Weil am Rhein genthal BPOLI IV Sankt Augustin Recklinghausen Hamm Paderborn Bad Muskau Gelsenkirchen Duderstadt Senftenberg BPOLI Oberhausen Flgh. BPOLI Essen Bad Düben Bochum Dortmund Göttingen Duisburg Nordhausen Halle Flgh. Leipzig/Halle BPOLI Köln Frankfurt/Oder Kempen Hagen BPOLI BPOLI Kempten BPOLI Fuldatal Bautzen Ludwigsdorf BPOLI BPOLI BPOLI V BPOLABT Leipzig Wuppertal Kassel Görlitz Mönchen- Düsseldorf Flgh. gladbach Ebersbach Bremen Chemnitz Dresden Hbf. Rostock Kaiserslautern Konstanz Hünfeld Eschwege BPOLI BPOLI Aachen Krippen Zittau Flgh. Erfurt-Weimar Pirna Chemnitz BPOLI Dortmund Köln Siegen Berggießhübel Erfurt Gera Petrovice- Angermünde Hbf. Rosenheim Siegburg Schwandorf BPOLI VI Aachen Nord Breitenau Bonn BPOLI BPOLI BPOLI Altenberg (Zinnwald) BPOLI BPOLI BPOLABT Swisttal Cämmerswalde Villa Hammerschmidt Bonn Zwickau Hünfeld Saalfeld Stralsund Hannover Berggießhübel Gießen Meiningen BPOLI Flugh. F./Main Stuttgart Fulda Standorte in Berlin BPOLI BPOLI Bad Bergzabern Sankt Plauen Schmalzgrube MKÜ Flughafen Augustin Düsseldorf Limburg Klingenthal Freilassing Auswärtiges Amt Diez Hof Koblenz Frankfurt/Main Prüm BPOLI Deutsche Frankfurt/Main Bad Brambach BPOLI Flugh. BPOLI BPOLI Selb BPOLI Flugh. BPOLABT Bundesbank Hanau Wiesbaden Oerlenbach Pasewalk Hannover BPOLI Flugh. Dt. Bundesbank BPOLI Ebersbach I-V Bayreuth Stuttgart BPOLI Bun- Flgh. Hahn Mainz Aschaffenburg Deggendorf Flughafen Bamberg Köln/Bonn München Frankfurt/Main deskanzleramt Bad Kreuznach Bärnau Darmstadt Luxemburg Trier Würzburg Weiden BPOLI See i.d.Opf MKÜ BPOLI BPOLABT Waidhaus Cuxhaven MKÜ MKÜ BPOLI Perl Kaiserslautern Mannheim Hannover MKÜ Köln Ludwigsdorf BPOLI Bexbach Waldmünchen Bayreuth Nürnberg Passau Neustadt a.d.W. Koblenz Stuttgart Petrovice- Bundespräsi- SB Bahn Ansbach Schwandorf Schwandorf Furth im Wald Inspektionsgrenze Stadtgrenze Flgh. SB BPOLI See Saarbrücken Bad Bergzabern Heilbronn Legende: Goldene Bremm Bundesver- dialamt Zusätzlich befinden sich im BPOLI fassungsgericht Zwiesel BPOLI BPOLABT Karlsruhe Regensburg Regierungsviertel folgende Neustadt in Holstein Dienststellen der Bundespolizei: BPOLAK = Federal Police Academy Dresden Bienwald Pforzheim Bad Düben Flgh. Karlsruhe/ Bundespräsidialamt Waldmünchen Hbf. BPOLAFZ = Federal Police Training Centre Baden-Baden Deggendorf Freyung BPOLI Flugh. Stuttgart Ingolstadt Bundesministerium des Innern

BPOLSPSCH = Federal Police Sport College Bundeskanzleramt BPOLI See Kehl Passau B-Schönefeld Böblingen Landshut Meseberg BPOLTZK = Federal Police Training Centre Kührointhaus BPOLI BPOLI Tübingen Offenburg Flgh. Auswärtiges Amt Warnemünde GSG 9 BPOL = Federal Police Special Forces GSG 9 BPOLABT München I-IV Waidhaus Leipzig Ulm Augsburg Bundesministerium der Justiz Oberschleißheim PSA BPOL = Protection of Persons Abroad Mühldorf Polizeiliche Sonderdienste BPOLI Blumberg am Inn

BPOLFLG = Federal Police Air Support Group München Ost BPOLI Flugh. B-Tegel Freiburg im Breisgau München MKÜ Rostock BPOLFLS = Federal Police Air Squadron Bad Endorf MKÜ Pirna Donaueschingen Freilassing BPOLD = Federal Police Regional Office Selb Neuenburg Weilheim Singen Rosenheim BPOLI = Federal Police District Office BPOLI Kempten Weil am Rhein Waldshut Friedrichshafen Konstanz Bundespolizeitrainingszentrum BPOLI KB = Federal Police District Office Crime Reduction Kührointhaus BPOLI Flugh. Polizeiliche Basel Badischer Bhf. Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 10 BPOLABT = Federal Police Department MKÜ Rosenheim Lindau 11 MKÜ = Mobile Control and Surveillance Unit München I–IV Sonderdienste Mittenwald

Bundespolizeipräsidium Abteilung 6, Fachinformations- und Medienstelle der Bundespolizei Stand: 19. Januar 2017 RUBRIKENTITEL

Staff

42,577 ......

[ Total number of Federal Police employees (1st January 2017) ]

12 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 13 Federal Police staff (1st January 2017) ...... 22 [ Full-time ministers 4,659 (Protestant/Catholic) ] ...... 316 ...... [ Medical and 9,051...... [ Candidates in middle and high ranking Police Law Enforcement Service ] Security Service ] ...... 15.53 % [ Women in the [ Female proportion in Police Law En- Federal Police ] forcement Service (without candidates) ] 1,896 906 ...... [ Severely disabled or [ Foreign employees, German ...... 7,003 assimilated employees ] employees of foreign origin, as well [ Administrative officers as dual or multi-citizenship holders in and pay scale employees ] Police Law Enforcement Service ] ...... 44.37 [ Average age in the Federal Police (without candidates but including 53.67 % pay scale employees working in ...... Law Enforcement Service) ] [ Proportion of middle ranking service (without candidates, but including administrative officers and pay 161 scale employees ] ...... 1.25 % ...... [ Proportion of senior service (without [ Top athletes of the Federal candidates, but including administrative Police (80 summer sport athletes officers and pay scale employees) ] and 81 winter sport athletes) ]

...... 3.06 % [ Proportion in ordinary service (including pay scale employees) ] ...... 30.38 % [ Proportion of higher ranking service (without candidates, but including administrative officers and pay scale employees) ]

...... 154 ...... 30,617 [ Members of the Federal [ Police Law Enforcement Officers 1.171 Police Orchestras ] ...... (without administration officers [ Law Enforcement officers and candidates) ] injured on duty ] 14 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 15 STAFF

Federal Police average age trend in years Age structure in the Federal Police in years Including pay scale employees working in Law Enforcement Service, excluding candidates and trainees Police Law Enforcement Service Administration ...... [ Including pay scale employees working in Law [ Excluding pay scale employees ] Enforcement Service, excluding candidates and trainees ] 44.32 44.37 50.95 ...... 50 50 44.08 2015 2016 48.54 48.31 44 ...... 43.68 2014 ...... 45.14 45.20 2013 43.28 45 45 ...... 43 2012 42.14

40 40

42 35 35 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

= Senior service 41 = Higher ranking service = Middle ranking service

16 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 17 STAFF

German employees of foreign origin in the The five most prevalent countries of origin Police Enforcement Service* Including candidates (German employees of foreign origin as well as dual and multi-citizenship holders) Including dual and multi-citizenship holders (including candidates) * German officers with a migration background are not registered statistically.

950 906 900

850

800 750 101 700

650 212 Russia 600 117 Poland 550 42 Kazakhstan 500 46 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Romania 46

Turkey

18 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 19 PERSONAL Secondments outside the Federal Police* * In each case as on the cutoff date of 1st January 1,077 973 971 914 888 525 507 540 482 484

552 433 464 432 404 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 = Abroad 20 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 = In Germany Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 21 STAFF

The Federal Police Budget Development of permanent posts In million of euros 1,868.221 1,910.308 1,765.751 and staffing numbers in the Federal Police Excluding candidates and trainees

42,000 41,607.5 41,500

996.611 41,000 844.083 682.073 40,500 40,000 381.646 39,684.0 239.163 39,500 163.756 39,000 38,640.5 38,500 38,296.5 38,204.5 38,000 2015 2016 2017 37,995.0 37,500 = Staff 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 = Overheads

22 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 = Investments Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 23 Career training in the Federal Police

Middle Ranking Police Law Enforcement Service

12 months 12 months 6 months

Basic training Theoretical and practical Career training specialised training (including course with 5 months’ internship) final examination Higher ranking Police Law Enforcement Service

4 months 6 months 12 months 5 months 9 months

Basic Basic studies Main study course Practically-oriented Internships Education training with final examination training programmes Senior Police Law Enforcement Service*

and training 1. Academic year (Lübeck/Wiesbaden) 2. Academic year (Münster) HS Bund, Department of the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei Federal Police and the (German Police University), including Criminal Police Department release phase for the Master’s thesis

* Officers with promotional prospects and applicants in academic cooperation with the German Federal Criminal Police Office 24 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 25 EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Recruitment offensive Development of numbers of applicants Opening of the Federal Police Education ...... [ Middle and higher ranking service, per calendar year ] new posts for the Federal Police! When this 25,000 and Training Centre Bamberg 3,000 decision was made by the government in ? Start of campaign: “Safeguarded versatility” 2015, the Federal Police rejoiced. But at the same time experts 20,431 20,000 were concerned because employing such a huge number of 18,643 new staff naturally poses a major challenge. Soon it became fter less than ten months’ preparation, the 14,633 apparent that such a recruiting offensive could only be man- 15,000 A new Police Education and Training Cen- 12,864 tre Bamberg was opened officially on 1st Sep- aged with special organisational measures. One of these 11,284 measures was the foundation of a new education and training 10,000 tember 2016. Renovation of the buildings had centre. started in February 2016. Already in April the 5,000 first buildings were handed over to the Federal 544 Police. Almost 800 police officer candidates and ...... up to 400 permanent staff have been accommo- Higher ranking 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 service employments dated in the facilities since September 2016. 211 more than 2015 The Federal Police occupies around 100 hec- 1,923 tares of the former barracks and its grounds that „Before I came to Germany in 1999, „To me it had always been im- ...... stretch from east to west approx. two kilometers Lectures, events and info together with my family, my father had 1,854 portant to find a profession that stalls with recruitment at the maximum, and from north to south approx...... consultants worked as a police officer in Syria. He Middle ranking is fulfilling and that I want to one kilometer at the maximum. Thus, this prop- is my greatest paragon. Team spirit, service employments perform with passion. I finally de- erty is the largest owned by the Federal Police. versatile deployments, specialisation 645 more than 2015 cided to join the Federal Police In 2017 further accommodation, office and train- and career prospects within the because of the multiple deploy- ing buildings are being prepared, so that at the Federal Police were crucial ments and the chance to peak of the education and training operations in for my decision.“ work abroad.“ September 2018 the property can be used by 2,000 trainees. Police officer candidate Police inspector candidate Khalil Rezkou Nathalie Göschl (BPOLAK) (BPOLAFZ ESW)

26 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 27 EDUCATION AND TRAINING Facebook fan page 2016 Top postings of the Federal Police 2016 on Facebook Editorial team

Social Media 6 279,363 64,472 ...... 1,931 ...... 1,278 Part-time ...... Number of peo- Reactions Number of peo- Reactions editors ple reached ple reached Bundespolizei Karriere ince 2016 two new media channels have complemented the staffing campaign in the S social networks: In May “Federal Police Career” started with a profile at Instagram. By the end of the year, 10,000 users had subscribed to the channel. In November the new Youtube 114,677 538 24 56 ...... bundespolizeikarriere channel went online with the workout series “Fit as a Federal Police officer”, among other 62,591 Clicks Shares Comments Shares things. The series is targeted at applicants who want to prepare themselves for the recruit- ...... ment test. Both channels complement the Facebook profile that was started in 2013 and that “Likes” Bundespolizei Karriere continues to grow steadily with 8,700 new “likes”. on Facebook 3.150 PS für die GSG 9 8,764 more than 2015 Gemeinsam gegen den Schlamm 156 94% ...... Facebook Reaction quota to personal postings in 2016 messages within one hour 18 more than 2015

40,950 ...... Average range of postings 2016

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C SECURITY O

PEACE N WORLD WIDE MANDATE S o matter which way you look at it: One AAH AFRICA U L N cannot warrant freedom and security PRÄVENTION T without the Federal Police. If you want to protect Germany and other countries, you UNITED A DVB also have to show presence abroad. NATIONS N T SAV Based on this assignment 2,008 officers FRONTEX GVB EMBASSY S were deployed in 86 countries. Within the EUROPOL THE FEDERAL POLICE framework of the Education and Equip- ment Aid as well as police cooperation GUA ABR OAD 135 measures at the cost of € 7.6m were INTERNATIONAL executed. A Abroad S POLICE AND CUSTOMS I COOPERATION CENTRES CEPOL A EUROPE FREEDOM BILATERAL VISA PROJECTS SIB COOPERATION

30 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 31 ABROAD 26 159 2,008 ...... [ Security consultants ] [ Protection of Persons Deployment of Abroad (PSA BPOL) ] [ Total number of Federal Police Federal Police abroad officers deployed abroad in 2016 ] Russland Period from January to December 2016. Officers who were deployed in a number of different countries in the period under review are only taken into account once. Großbritannien Däne- Moskau mark Litauen

Polen Weißrussland Deutsch- Astana land Ukraine Frank- Österreich Kasachstan 529 Slovenien 103 reich Rumänien 74 Bosnien ...... Serbien Aserbaidschan Bishkek ...... Italien Bulgarien Tbilisi Usbekistan Spanien Albanien Ankara Baku Tashkent Kirgisistan Peking Washington, D. C. Armenien Nordkorea Griechen- Turkmenistan Dushanbe Pyongyang [ Security officers deployed at German USA Türkei Yerevan [ Officers deployed in missions [ Bilateral Border land Tadschikistan Algiers Tunis Syrien Kabul Tokio Irak Teheran Foreign Representations (SAV) ] Rabat Tunesien Libanon Beirut Islamabad Damaskus Bagdad Iran Afghanistan China Japan of the United Nation and under Police projects ] Marokko Tripolis Israel Jerusalem Amman Jordanien Kuwait Kairo Kuwait Stadt Pakistan Algerien Neu Delhi other mandates ] Libyen Manama Ägypten Riad Doha Bangladesch Mexiko Abu Dhabi Dhaka Saudi- Hanoi Mexiko Mauretanien Indien Stadt Kuba Arabien Nouakchott Burkina Faso Sudan Mali Sanaá Dakar Khartum Vereinigte Thailand Bamako Jemen Bangkok Vietnam Banjul Ouagadougou Arabische Emirate 86 Ghana Nigeria ...... Abuja Süd- Sri Lanka sudan Bogotá Accra Somalia Sri Jayawardenapura Kolumbien Liberia Yaoundé 886 [ N umber of countries/states ] Kenia Mogadischu Elfenbeinküste ...... Kongo Bujumbura Nairobi 75 Kinshasa Burundi Indonesien Jakarta ...... [ Frontex/Border Control Brasilien [ Officers serving as Brasília

Support Officers abroad (GUA) ] Harare Zimbabwe document and visa 18 Mosambik 31 107 ...... consultants (DVB) ] ...... Pretoria Südafrika [ Border police [ Civil servants and employees in the seven [ Miscellaneous (UN, EU, AA) ] liaison officers (GVB) ] 32 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Police and Customs Cooperation Centres abroad ] Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 33 Hanover | Würzburg | Ansbach | Berlin The Federal Police in focus

The Federal Police’s fight against Politically proach. The Federal Police Centre for the fight area up to a depth of 30 kilometers. It can exe- Motivated Crime (PMC) against PMC is located in the Federal Police cute its tracing measures openly, covertly or with In the year 2016 several Islamist attacks were Headquarters in Potsdam. In 2016 the Feder- robust operation equipment. committed in Germany. In Hanover a 15 years old al Police continued to extend its capacities in If suspicious persons have not yet entered girl attacked a Federal Police officer with a knife; this operational field. As a partner authority of Germany or Europe, it is the paramount task five people were injured during an attack with an the Joint Terror Defence Centre (GTAZ) and of of the Federal Police to prevent the entry. The axe and a knife on a local train near Würzburg; the Joint Extremism and Terror Defence Centre relevant announcements of the Schengen In- several were injured during an attack with explo- (GTAZ), they are in constant touch with other formation System (SIS) regarding denied entry sives in Ansbach; many were killed during an security bodies, in order to quickly exchange aim, among others, at warranting public securi- attack at a Berlin Christmas market. All these and analyse available and relevant information. ty and order in the Federal Republic of Germa- cases have made the virulent threat of Islamist Within its legally assigned tasks the Federal ny and other Schengen member countries. In terror in Germany very obvious. In many other Police uses all the constitutional options at its order to prevent travel movements that are rel- cases the security bodies detected preparatory disposal comprehensively and consistently, so evant for the national security, the Federal Po- activities at an early stage and prevented attacks that based on its findings it is able to prevent lice bears a particular responsibility for neigh- with closely intertwined measures. harmful incidents. bouring European countries. Border controls at Concentrated measures of the security bod- The Federal Police as a national tracing po- German external borders (airports or sea ports) ies were also needed in other areas – particu- lice body is indispensible when it comes to iden- and tracing measures at the interior bodies are larly to prevent violent rightwing offences and tifying traveling persons related to PMC or to the of respectively high importance in this context. to gain new findings regarding the so called Re- targeted search of terror suspects. For this pur- This is why all travelers who are subject to bor - ichsbürgerbewegung. pose, it can concentrate its officers especially der police controls are checked. In this context Within this security structure the Federal at highly frequented train stations, on trains, at numerous persons were rejected by the Federal Police forms an inherent part of a holistic ap- airports and at the interior borders in the border Police in 2016.

34 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 35 THE FEDERAL POLICE IN FOCUS

Travel movements are also particularly prob- ployments. With the beginning of the immense immigration authorities. On 20th March 2016, lematic when people travel abroad to terror migration phenomenon in 2015, the number of the EU-Turkey-Agreement came into effect, and camps in order to learn how to handle weap- deployments of Federal Police officers in Frontex on 4th April Frontex started to coordinate the ons and explosives. These individuals not only measures has increased significantly and con- return of migrants who had come from Turkey strengthen terroristic organisations abroad, but tinuously. The so far highest level was reached in to Greece after 20th March. The governments also pose a major threat after their return to Ger- 2016. The total number of officers deployed con- of Greece and Turkey are responsible for the many. In case the Federal Police identifies such currently from the second quarter 2016 on was implementation of the agreement. Their author- travel intentions, the departure is prohibited (see 120 on average. Thus, the Federal Police sent ities are in charge of the legal and operational p. 78). more officers to Frontex operations on the EU tasks and are supported by Frontex and thus by Finally, the Federal Police takes measures to external borders than most other member states officers of Federal Police. The aim of these pro- protect inhabitants when critical infrastructure and will continue to do so in 2017. Regardless of cedures is to reestablish a system for the orderly such as train stations and airports within its re- the great importance of these operations within and legal entry of people eligible for internation- sponsibility are threatened. In case of an attack the European context, together with the national al protection according to EU law and public inter- the Federal Police searches for wanted terrorists tasks they continue to pose an enormous chal- national law. and deploys specially trained units in order to lenge. In addition to the officers deployed at the increase ability to respond and stamina. Countries in the focus of the involvement hotspots, two coast guard and patrol boats were mainly Bulgaria, Italy and Greece – espe- with a total crew of 24 officers have formed a Commitment to Frontex-coordinated cially with regard to migration via the Mediterra- particularly visible contribution to the Agency measures nean. The Frontex operation “Poseidon Sea”, for since March 2016. They support the Greek With staff and equipment the Federal Police example, covers the five Greek islands Lesbos, coastguard on Greek territorial waters around participates comprehensively in deployments Leros, Chios, Samos and Kos close to the Turk- the island of Samos and were able to safe 1,827 of the European Border and Coast Guard Agen- ish coast. On these islands, so called “hotspots” people (among them children) from distress at cy (Frontex) for the protection of the external for the registration and accommodation of mi- sea and to bring them to the Greek islands. borders of the EU. Also members of the police grants have been established. These migrants Seven persons could only be recovered dead. forces of the German states, of the Federal entered Europe via the dangerous sea route Furthermore, twelve individuals suspicious of Criminal Police Office and of the Federal Cus- and are now waiting in Greece for the relevant people trafficking could be identified and hand- toms Administration are integrated in these de- legal proceedings by the responsible Greek ed over to Greek law enforcement authorities.

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the first three months of the year 2016 a total of among others, in the framework of operations main destination of migrants. Nationwide, these events. Supported by Federal Police officers Extract of reported unauthorized entries approximately 153.000 migrants made their way coordinated by Frontex. Furthermore, in the controls were continued also in the beginning from all over Germany, also the Federal Police (according to frequency of incidence by nationality) to Europe, their number went down to 29.000 scope of bilateral agreements with the Greek of 2016; since 12th May 2016 border controls offices along the German-Austrian border con- from April to the end of 2016. The uncontrolled police forces, the Federal Police sent border have only been executed at the German-Austrian tributed not only to the decrease in illegal migra- Rank in Development comparing Nationality 2016 2015 2015 2016 with 2015 in % transfer of migrants without registration from the police support officers (GUA) to the airports border. tion, but also to detections of other crimes. Con- Total 111,843 217,237 – 48.5 Greek islands was coordinated by the Europe- of Athens (two Law Enforcement Officers) and In the scope of the reintroduction of border sidering the continuing threat of Islamist terror, Syria 25,177 73,920 1 – 65.9 an Union (EU) and stopped at the EU-operated Thessaloniki and to the ferry ports Patras and controls 15,735 individuals could be denied en- the Federal Police thus contributes considerably Afghanistan 20,434 38,750 2 – 47.3 hotspots with staff from the member states. In Igoumenitsa for one year. The airport of Iraklion try by the Federal Police in 2016 and returned to the texture of internal security. was supported for half a year. Iraq 13,312 22,394 3 – 40.6 the year 2016, also the Federal Police, support- to Austria. The well-tried concept of processing From the second quarter of 2016 on, the im- ed by officers from the police forces of the Ger- In September 2015 border controls were lines with standardised registration procedures portance of the central Mediterranean route for Eritrea 4,419 17,225 4 – 74.3 man states, the Federal Criminal Police Office temporarily reintroduced due to the continuing and qualified processing were upheld and flexi- the European migration situation moved into fo- Iran 4,235 4,973 8 – 14.8 and the Federal Customs Administration, partic- migration to Germany, which was and still is the bly adapted to the requirements of the migration cus. This migration route from the North African Nigeria 3,455 3,590 10 – 3.8 ipated with 622 officers at the hotspots and on Somalia 3,089 4,003 9 – 22.8 two coast guard and patrol boats in the Aegean Morocco 2,642 3,376 11 – 21.7 based operations. Pakistan 2,625 6,304 6 – 58.4 Even if the phenomenon of mass migration Kosovo 2,184 5,567 7 – 60.8 could be stopped with the above mentioned measures, migration via the East Mediterrane- Migration situation terminations of the entire year 2015 were made. an and the Balkans route to Germany contin- The phenomenon of mass migration, that al- With far more than 90 per cent of all determina- ues to play a role. Migration determinations in ready started in the middle of 2015 and that tions the focus here was on the German-Austri- the Balkan countries, but also along the Ger- follows the East Mediterranean route and later an border. man-Austrian border show that illegal migration the Balkans route to Europe, also shaped the In March 2016 the border-management-meas- is continuing and that more and more migrants tasks of the Federal Police in the first quarter of ures of the countries along the Balkans route resort to people traffickers. In order to support 2016. In January and February 2016 the Feder- and the EU-Turkey agreement showed their ef- national border police forces along the EU ex- al Police determined around 100.000 migrants. fects and mass migration via the East Mediter- ternal borders, the Federal Police sent a total Thus, in the first two month alone half of the de- ranean route decreased significantly. While in of 823 officers to Greece, Bulgaria and Italy,

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their way to west and north Europe, mainly to mined an increase of illegal entries via low-cost Unauthorised stay Germany, Britain or Scandinavia. flights from Milan to Munich. (according to frequency of nationality) Due to the continuing threat of Islamist terror Due to the deployment of two GUA at the attacks since the end of 2015, France kept up Milan airports, illegal entries via these routings Rank in Development comparing Nationality 2016 2015 2015 2016 with 2015 in % the state of emergency also in 2016 and con- East Mediterranean could clearly be reduced. In addition, two GUA Total 38,040 50,620 – 24.9 tinues strict border controls particularly at the Route of the Federal Police supported the Italian police border to Italy. Together with stricter border Albania 5,463 2,450 5 + 123.0 forces at the airport of Bergamo. controls at the Italian-Austrian border (Bren- An increase of people trafficking on freight Iraq 4,506 4,629 3 – 2.7 ner), the migration pressure now shifts to the West Mediterranean trains coming from Italy and on routes via the Kosovo 2,539 3,335 4 – 23.9 Italian-Swiss border. Here the number of de- Route Balkans has also been determined since Octo- Central Mediterranean Afghanistan 2,290 7,441 2 – 69.2 terminations increased by almost a twenty-fold ber 2016. Hiding on freight trains, e.g. under bulk Route Syria 2,275 11,150 1 – 79.6 from the beginning to the middle of 2016. This materials or in locked containers, are examples Iran 1,754 1,606 8 + 9.2 trend is also reflected at the German-Swiss bor- of the life-threatening dangers the migrants and Turkey 1,748 1,802 7 – 3.0 der where, from May to December 2016, the Unauthorised entries/migrants determined by Federal Police in 2016 people traffickers are willing to risk. Here, too, the 80,000 Russian Federation 1,180 848 12 + 39.2 Federal Police determined three times more un- Federal Police intensified its controls of cross-bor- authorised entries than in the months from Sep- der freight trains and the cooperation with affect- Eritrea 1,139 1,978 6 – 42.4 tember 2015 to April 2016. As a consequence, ed countries along the identified routes. Morocco 1,023 1,196 9 – 14.5 60,000 the German-Swiss plan of action as a package These phenomena show that traffickers as of measures to prevent illegal migration was well as migrants respond flexibly to national and coast across the Mediterranean has become the Hotspots are also coordinated by the Europe- agreed and implemented. Especially the joint international border management measures. 40,000 most important migration route to Europe since an Union and operated by staff from EU member German-Swiss police patrols on cross-border The number of trafficking cases which the Fed- April 2016. In that year, about 181,000 migrants states in Italy. The Federal Police participated trains on Swiss territory were intensified, simpli- eral Police determined in approx. 50 per cent of

reached Italy via the Mediterranean. As in the with 103 officers in 2016. In the scope of the joint fied return acceptance procedures were agreed 20,000 cases at the German-Austrian border in 2015, year before, the main countries of departure operation “Triton”, coordinated by Frontex, also a and joint cross-border tracings and operations decreased significantly due to border controls were Libya and Egypt. The main countries of or- sea-flight going police helicopter was deployed. were executed. that have been reintroduced temporarily. igin are sub-Saharan countries in western and As the majority of migrants do not want to Also as a consequence of increased opera- 0 The experiences with the migration situation eastern Africa. stay in Italy permanently, many continued on tions along the borders, the Federal Police deter- Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec in 2015 and 2016 have made it very clear that

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international police cooperation plays a cru- mediate measures and returns at its disposal text, the Federal Police contributed to the en- cial role in the successful fight against interna- and executes regular European weak-point forcement of deportations via returns. tional people trafficking and illegal migration. analysis. An increase of the number of returns had al- In recognition of this fact the European Union ready been determined in 2015 and was contin- has put into effect regulations regarding the ued in 2016: The number of returns increased establishment of a European Border and Coast Returns from 13,851 in the year 2014 to 22,369 in 2015 Guard Agency (based on Frontex) and an ac- Also in 2016 the Federal Police supported the and to a total of 26,654 in 2016. companying extension of the Frontex mandate. German states in the implementation of deci- In the year 2016 a total of 23,933 people were Now the Agency has a pool of officers for im- sions according to immigration law. In this con- returned via airway (2014: 8,753, 2015 19,742), a large part of them via the airports Frankfurt Main and Düsseldorf. People traffickers seized Approximately 80 per cent of returns via air- (according to frequency of incidence by nationality) way had the Balkans as their destination, mainly Rank in Development comparing Nationality 2016 2015 Albania, Kosovo, Serbia and Macedonia. 2015 2016 with 2015 in % With 243 collective returns (2015: 159) a to- Total 1,008 3,370 – 70.1 tal of 13,464 individuals (2015: 10,176) were re- Syria 80 390 1 – 79.5 turned from Germany. Poland 70 92 12 – 23.9 Escorting foreigners obliged to leave in order Iraq 64 168 5 – 61.9 to maintain security and order on board an air- Russian Federation 62 72 14 – 13.9 craft means particularly high strain for the Fed- Germany 59 213 4 – 72.3 eral Police. In the course of 2016 the Federal Serbia 51 146 7 – 65.1 Police deployed a total of 8,327 officers as PBL for this task. Ukraine 43 51 16 – 15.7 After the party leaders of CDU, CSU and SPD Afghanistan 40 84 13 – 52.4 decided in 2015 that the national government Turkey 35 100 9 – 65.0 would increase its support for the German states Italy 31 71 15 – 56.3 in the execution of returns, the sector passport

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replacement procurement within the Federal Po- lice headquarters was extended by the Federal Questions and answers Ministry of the Interior. From 1st January 2016 on, efforts were enhanced in the operational What does “return” mean? scheduled flights, the Federal Police escorts field and in strategic dialogues with the diplo- The term return refers to enforced deporta- the individuals to be returned from the mo- matic representations of the individual countries tions in the last phase of such a measure, i.e. ment they reach the airport to the delivery at of origins, in order to increase the number of the actual return of an individual to a foreign the target country. returns via improving the procurement of travel country and, if necessary, the delivery of the documents. The focus here mainly was on the individual to the authorities of the target coun- In which cases are the individuals to be Maghreb countries. try. In addition to the Federal Police, also the returned escorted by the Federal Police? At the end of 2016, the planning of a “Center aliens’ authorities and the police forces of the The escort of individuals to be returned ex- for the Support of Returns” (ZUR) was started, German states are in charge of returns. clusively serves the maintenance of secu- aiming at further improvements of the coopera- rity and order on board of aircrafts which tion of the different parties. How are people returned? cannot be warranted if unescorted individ- Most returns are made with aircrafts, either uals pose a threat to themselves or other by scheduled flight or by charter flight, but passengers. Reports from deployments also via land- and sea-way. On 8th December 2016 the Moroccan national Do the officers deployed in escorted re- Toufik M., who committed considerable crimes in What tasks is the Federal Police responsible turns need a special qualification? Germany during his two and a half year stay and for? Yes, the deployed officers took part in a who was dubbed “king of thieves” in the media, The Federal Police authorities are in charge three weeks’ training and qualified as “re- was returned to Morocco by the Federal Police. of the physical execution of returns via turn escort air” (PBL). Only the successful Based on an agreement with Afghanistan, scheduled and charter flights at the relevant completion of this training authorises of- the Federal Police organised a charter flight to airports. The Federal Police Headquarters is ficers to escort returns. The Federal Police Kabul for the first time on 14th December 2016. responsible for the coordination of charter has approximately 900 such PBL at its dis- A total of 34 Afghan nationals obliged to leave, flights. On charter flights and, if necessary, posal. among them criminal offenders, were returned.

44 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 45 RUBRIKENTITEL

GSG 9 of the Federal Police

Home to the GSG 9 – the Federal Police’s Special Force Unit responsible for the fight against terror - Protection ism and serious crime – is the Sankt Augustin facility near Bonn. Its deployment is in both the original area of responsibility of the Federal Police as well as in a supporting role for other public authorities, such as the Federal Criminal Police Office, the Federal Customs Administration, or police forces of of Persons Abroad the German federal states. In response to the terror attacks in Europe, an even more rapid operational readiness and transfer in The relationships with other countries are of special importance in the fight against international terrorism. cooperation with the Federal Police Air Group was established and conceptually determined. To nurse and to develop these relationships is the task of embassies in almost every part of the world. In or- Cooperation with BFE+ was enhanced, monitored in several operational scenarios and proven successfully. der to enable them to pursue these tasks also in crisis regions, the Federal Police department Protection of Persons Abroad (Personenschutz Ausland) safeguards diplomats of the Foreign Office in critical countries.

46 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 FederalFederal Police Police || AnnualAnnual Report 2016 47 ince December 2015, the BFE within the officers. The effectiveness of this cooper- S BFHu* of the Federal Police task force ation was proven during the operation due has formed an integral part of the security to the attack on 19th December 2016 at the architecture in Germany. Ten operations with Berlin Breitscheidplatz. The BFE+ from Blum- 35 operation days in the year 2016 reflect berg was on call in the capital and helped the importance of BFE+ in the safety texture the Federal Police’s GSG 9 with its measures of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has to support the Federal Criminal Police Office become obvious that the local distribution of as the central police authority. BFE+ of BFHu Federal Police departments and that of BFE+ Bayreuth supplemented this operation and in particular offers great advantages when it managed to support the Federal Police’s comes to immediate responses. The Federal GSG 9 at the right places. With the back Ministry of the Interior’s decision to locate a offices of BFE+ in Sankt Augustin and Bay- second BFE+ and thus locating a total of four reuth, the BFE+s’ magnitude was increased BFE** within one BFHu, underlines the spe- to 150 officers. cial importance of BFE+ at the government site Berlin. Thus, the Federal Police closes *  BFHu = 100 Evidence preservation and a gap, as now also potential operations of arrest officers the Federal Police’s GSG 9 in Berlin can be ** BFE = Evidence preservation and arrest prepared and supported by additional BFE+ unit

The Federal Police’s BFE +

48 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 RUBRIKENTITEL Crime prevention “Look after your valuables”

he Federal Police’s prevention valuables” was extended. New floor T scheme encompasses manifold stickers and professional films shown at and sustainable measures in the sectors selected train stations and in the social border management, railway policing media show the importance of handling and aviation security. Here, the Federal your valuables carefully. Police is geared to the products of the Find more tips on how to avoid tricks of program “Federal and German State pickpockets here: Police Crime Prevention (ProPK)” to war- rant harmonised contents with the po- lice forces of the states. In 2016 one focus was the topic theft of handbags and hand luggage. In that year 47,955 such offences were report- ed to the Federal Police. This is 9.0 per Performance of the “dancing trick” on 4th April 2016 at the Federal Police Inspektion Berlin Ost- bahnhof, when Federal Minister of the Interior Dr. Thomas de Maizière visited. cent less than in the previous year and the first decrease in seven years (in the railway sector – 7.0 per cent). Still, those figures continue to be on a high level. Very often travelers handle their valua- bles too carelessly. Professional and fast offenders can cause the loss of valua- bles and identification documents within Prevention a short moment. In order to expand the reach of preven- tive messages to protect travelers from theft, the portfolio of the joint campaign Counseling: The Federal Police answers your ques- Prevention police patrols inform travelers on Raising awareness: Floor stickers and new tions at information stalls. trains. films inform travelers about careful behaviour with Deutsche Bahn AG “Look after your at selected stations.

50 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 51 RUBRIKENTITEL Police technology 80,112,456 ...... [ Kilometres driven ]

21,203 ...... [ Flight hours, 5,375 of these in air rescue deployment ] 16,573 167,600 ...... [ Air rescue deployments, [ Nautical miles ] with 4,539 patients transported ]

52 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 53 POLICE TECHNOLOGY 1,638 Federal Police vehicles ...... [ Patrol vehicles ] 29 354 ...... [ Electric / [ Trailers ] hybrid vehicles ]

13 15 ...... [ Ambulances ] [ Water cannons ]

54 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 55 POLICE TECHNOLOGY

Boats and ships Three new vessels for the Federal Police

he Federal Police is getting three new ocean- its coastguard tasks on the North and Baltic thus enable the Federal Police to respond to T going vessels. These will be built within two Sea at its disposal. future challenges flexibly. years by the Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG shipyard Each of the three new vessels is 86 m long and Regarding exhaust emissions, the vessels will in Berne and will be delivered at the end of 2018. has a tonnage of 1,980. They are equipped with be equipped with a state-of-the-art drive system This way, the urgently required replacement for a heliport deck that can also be used safely by that complies with the environmental stand- 5 three older vessels, which have long reached the the largest helicopter of the Federal Police, the ards TIER III and the current ECA norm for the ...... 1 end of their service life, is ensured. “Super Puma”. No other German official civil North and the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, the ves- ...... With the new vessels the Federal Police will vessel owns this capacity. Additionally, varia- sels display all construction criteria that are re- [ Control and [ Tugboat ] have more modern, efficient and environmen- ble storage capacities for containers offer suf- quired for later issuance of the environmental patrol vessels* ] tally friendly means for the implementation of ficient space for special mission modules and label “Blauer Engel”.

* Two of these five boats have been in the Mediterra- nean since March 2016. 6 ...... [ Oceangoing vessels** ]

** Two of these vessels were decommissioned at the beginning of 2017, a third one will follow at the beginning of 2018.

56 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 57 POLICE TECHNOLOGY 6 ...... Police helicopters and air rescue service [ Training helicopters (H120) ] 19 ...... [ Light transport 24 helicopters (H155) ] ...... [ Reconnaissance and observation helicopters (H135) ]

16 19 ...... [ Civil defence [ Medium-size transport helicopters helicopters (H135) ] (AS332 L1 Super Puma) ]

58 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 59 POLICE TECHNOLOGY

Clothing 29,800 ...... 31,700 ...... [ Protective helmets ] [ Functional belt, textile, flame resistant ]

150,000 34,200 ...... [ Police shirts ] [ Pairs of gauntlets ]

60 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 61 POLICE TECHNOLOGY

Information and communications technology (IKT)

The police related situations of the last years have increasingly 4.69m required flexible regional focuses ...... 142.95m of hitherto unknown dimensions. This also calls for the ability to [ Digital radio talks ] ...... make extensive IKT equipment [ Total seconds of digital radio talks available in a very fast and flexible way at the respective operation ar- (= 39,708 hours) ] eas. The Federal Police expedites mobile procedures. The focus here lies on the future use of secure smartphones and tablets. Pilot projects were started in 2016. 6,424 ...... [ Evaluations of mobile telephone devices for the preservation of evidence in criminal proceedings ]

62 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 63 After the introduction of EasyPASS for automated border controls for holders of electronic passports of the European Union, the Euro- RUBRIKENTITELpean Economic Area and Switzerland in 2014, modern automated border control enters the next phase. Since 8th December 2016, four self-service-kiosks for entering third-state-members are being tested at the airport Frankfurt Main. Here, automated pre-checks of the travel document and the verification of the traveler via photo and fingerprints as well as parts of the entry questioning can be done at the kiosk.

73.5m ...... [ INPOL people tracing inquiries]

199.29m ...... [ INPOL object tracing inquiries (745,209.74 per day = 31,050.4/hour = 517.5/minute) ] 39.2m 9.57m ...... [ Automated border controls via [ Optical document checks by means 2015: 7.3m/2014: 2.46m ] of document check devices ] 64 POLICE TECHNOLOGY Bundespolizei auf See

Animals in the Federal Police

The Federal Police has guard dogs, explosives and pyrotechnics sniffer dogs and watchdogs.

Leading and presenting police dogs shows no- ticeable preventive policing effects and usually weakens the perpetrators’ willingness to flee or to become violent.

Guard dogs can be used to find individuals, to catch fugitives, to guard parts of grounds and locations and to close police operation areas down and to keep them free.

Explosives sniffer dogs are used for the detec- tion, localisation and indication of weapons, ammunition, explosives and chemicals suita- ble for the production of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).

Pyrotechnics sniffer dogs are used for the detection of pyrotechnics in the search of ob- jects, especially of buildings, means of trans- port, parts of grounds and luggage on the one 464 hand, and in the search of individuals and their ...... hand baggage in different operational areas of the Federal Police one the other. 24 [ Police dogs ] ...... Police horses are used, among others, for surveil- Watchdogs are used to guard and to secure lance purposes, for the open clearing of grounds facilities of the Federal Police. [ Police horses ] that are difficult to access, to keep operational areas free and to lead and follow surveillances.

66 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 67 RUBRIKENTITEL Hours of operation by the Federal Task Force for the German federal states in 2016

Federal Police – figures, data, facts 69,887 Tehese ar clearly fewer support operations than in the previous years. As due to the migration situation border controls were reintroduced in 2016, the Federal Task Force mainly supports the Federal Police offices in the scope of their original tasks according to § 2 BPolG.

68 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 69 RUBRIKENTITEL Federal Police and soccer Data for the season 2015/2016

n the season 2015/2016 the Federal Police executed a total of 3.4m 1,617 deployments due to sport events. This roughly corresponds 1,617 ...... toI the level of the previous season. As in the previous years, the ...... [ Soccer fans focus lay on the surveillance of soccer fans traveling by train. The constantly high number of spectators in the professional leagues and [ Deployments ] traveling by train ] the attractive combination of entry and railway tickets lead to an – 9 %* + 2 %* invariably high number of fans traveling by train, analogous to the past seasons.

The number of officers deployed in the season 2015/2016 was the lowest since the beginning of the central evaluation by the Federal Police 1,639 Headquarters (BPOLP). After a recorded decrease of 18 per cent in the ...... 444,763 previous year, the number of officers deployed decreased by another [ Criminal ...... 29 per cent in 2016. The main reason for this is the deployment of offences ] [ Hours of Federal Police officers due to the migration situation, which also led operation ] – 29 %* to a decrease of preventive measures in particular (- 35 per cent). 66,073 – 31 %* ...... Compared with the season 2014/2015, the number of recorded criminal [ Police officers offences also decreased significantly (- 29 per cent). This tendency deployed ] is also reflected in the number of violent offences (- 16 per cent) which, with 560 offences, nevertheless remains at a very high level. – 29 %* Thus, offences committed by soccer disturbers are still characterised by a high potential of violence.

The number of injured individuals decreased by 26 per cent.

* Compared with the previous year

70 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 71 FEDERAL POLICE – FIGURES, DATA, FACTS

Bad Aibling, 9th November 2016 at 06:43 am: rail ac- cident. At km 30.2 on the single-track railway line Düsseldorf airport, 2nd January 2016: Ammunition found Rosenheim-Holzkirchen-Munich, between the train during air passenger checks. During the aviation secu- stops Bad Aibling Kurpark and Kolbermoor, two trains rity check twelve 9mm bullets were found in the hand- Reports from deployments of the Bavarian Oberlandbahn/Meridian collided and bag of a 37-year-old woman. After securing the ammuni- wedged inside each other. Twelve individuals were tion, a criminal charge, questioning and the payment On his way back from Syria via Turkey, a 22 year old killed, 85 passengers were injured, some of them se- of security fees, the passenger was excluded from the man was arrested on 23rd September 2016 at Düsseldorf verely. The repair of the infrastructure took eleven flight by the airline. airport. The arrest warrant was issued by the feder- days. The dispatcher was sentenced to three and a Airport Cologne/Bonn, 1st March 2016: penetration of al prosecutor, due to strong suspicions of member- half years in prison. aviation security checks. A woman intruded the restrict- ship in the terror organisation Islamic State (IS). ed area at the Airport Cologne/Bonn under avoidance of It is alleged that the accused traveled to Syria in Hanover main station, 26th February 2016 at 5:05 pm: security checks. As a consequence, the Federal Police August 2015, where he became a member of the so- attempted killing of a Federal Police officer. During had to evacuate and search the entire restricted area called IS. Furthermore, he is suspected to have asked a check, a 15-year-old girl stabs a Federal Police of Terminal 2. Aircrafts ready for take-off had to re- people in Germany to follow him to the territory of officer in the throat with a kitchen knife (length main on the ground and had to be evacuated. The Federal the so-called IS. The suspect was transferred to the of blade: 6 cm). The teenager fled, but was later Police operated with every sniffer dog available. The federal prosecutor in Karlsruhe by the Criminal Po- arrested after close-range tracing by the Federal AVIATION AVIATION SECURITY RAILWAY RAILWAY POLICE person wanted turned herself in during the operation. lice Office North Rhine-Westphalia. Police. The injured officer was operated in hospital. BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER

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Deployment of Federal Police Sea

flew towards Monopli on the Adriatic Sea. At 7:23 pm the inflatable Deployments on the Aegean Sea/Samos could be identified from a great distance and height, using the coordi- Ticker deployment coast guard boats Greece: 9th April 2016, coast off Samos/Greece, 6:53 am local time, report nates given and a thermal image camera. At that time the perpetrators 7th March 2016, coast off Samos/Greece, 6:55 am local time – coast- coastguard BP 64 “Börde”: Off Cape Praso (north east tip of Samos) life were about 15 NM off the Italian coast and were moving west at low guard BP 62 “Uckermark” for the first time saves migrants who tried to vests discovered and screams heard – capsized boat found – several speed. A liaison officer of the Guardia Finanza was also on board of the travel from Turkey to Greece in an unseaworthy inflatable and encoun- dead people recovered, among them children – many people recovered helicopter. He informed the Local Coordination Centre Taranto about tered distress at sea. A total of 48 individuals, among them 16 women alive – First Aid and reanimation measures – people saved partially trans- the exact position of the smuggler boat so that three high-speed patrol and 14 children, where taken on board. One person is identified as an ferred to a cruise liner – deployed: BP 62 and BP 64, Swedish SAR-team, boats that were already waiting could start the pursuit. When the perpe- alleged trafficker. Romanian helicopter, Greek coastguard. trators realised that they were being chased, they threw the drug pack - ages overboard and tried to escape to the Italian coast at high speed. The crime was thwarted and the boat and the drugs were seized.

Federal Police deployment under the aegis of Frontex On 2nd July 2016, a Federal Police helicopter supported a joint Frontex operation targeted at thwarting drug-trafficking via the seaway between Albania and Italy. The operation was led and coordinated by the Guardia di Finanza. The German helicopter had the task to observe a smuggler boat unnoticed. The authorities had been investigating against the per - petrators for some time. On the day of the operation they had loaded approx. 1,200 kg of marihuana on board which they wanted to smuggle to Italy. Upon receiving the alert, the helicopter took off at 0:55 pm and

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Violence against Police Law Enforcement Officers

Attacked Attacked and injured Law Enforcement Officers Law Enforcement Officers ......

2,600 600 538 2,400 503 2,310 487 500 478 470 2,200 2,186 2,050 2,089 400 2,000 1,977

1,800 300

1,600 200 1,400 100 1,200

1,000 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

76 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 77 FEDERAL POLICE – FIGURES, DATA, FACTS

Successful manhunts of the Federal Police Successful property tracings of the Federal Police Changes compared with the previous year in per cent (without assigned authorities) Changes compared with the previous year in per cent (without assigned authorities) 13,751 13,483 ...... (Border control) police observations/ Enforced national and inter­ national arrest warrants 1,039 concealed registrations/targeted controls ...... Motor vehicles + 24,9 % + 11,7 % – 1,1 % 19,844 4,823 ...... 1,802 7,387 ...... Total of successful ...... 113,758 ...... Detentions property tracings Miscellaneous Arrests under the Law on Foreign Nation- Total of successful manhunts under police law als (including entry refusal and rejection) + 0,8 % + 7,9 % – 6,7 % + 11,5 % + 21,9 % 16,996 2,135 ...... 56 Documents 72,123 ...... Controls ...... of violent perpetrators Bans on leaving + 0,3 % Communications of place of the country residence and miscellaneous – 36,0 % + 16,7 % 78 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 + 13,3 % Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 79 FEDERAL POLICE – FIGURES, DATA, FACTS

Prominent successful tracings and investigations by the Federal Police

Organised trafficking Demolition of ticket vending machines On 28th April 2016, investigative procedures with the working title the investigations took place on 11th June 2014. By 31st July 2014, six In the field of property offences harming DB AG, the thefts from ticket vending GEORG, led by BPOLI Munich airport, came to its end at the Traunstein more trafficking offences could be associated with Georgie/George. machines form a focus of investigations. In the beginning of 2016, ticket ma- district court. The Egyptian trafficking organisor Guirguis Y. was sen- The breakthrough came with a rogatory letter to the Italian liaison chines in the Hamburg area were repeatedly blasted with bangers and the cash tenced to a prison term of three years and ten months. office at Europol. The Italian police associated the telephone num- cassettes stolen. Due to the looming serial qualities of the offences, the BPOLI The course of the investigation ber they had received with the KB Hamburg, together with the Criminal Police Lüneburg, established a joint investigation group (GEG TUONO). As a result, six perpetrators were identified, had been remarkable: From legal documents of Guirguis responsible for the blasting of ticket vending machines in 49 cases. Thus, the December 2013 on, the differ- Y. and sent a police photo perpetrators stole an amount of approx. € 40,000. The material damage caused ent departments of the state to the German investigators. by the blasts was approx. € 1.4m due to the total destruction of the machines. and Federal Police forces de- Later the individual investiga- Four perpetrators were sentenced to long prison terms of up to four years and termined trafficking incidents tion files regarding Guirguis seven months at the beginning of January 2017. As the offenders were filmed with vehicles registered in Ita- Y. were handed over to the on video during their crimes, the video proof was of major importance in the ly. The trafficked people mainly prosecutor’s office Traunstein. process. were Syrian nationals. Almost By the end of 2014 the body all trafficking activities were of evidence against Giurguis Pick-pocketing started in Milan, the destina- Y. was so compact that a Eu- Pick-pocketing is largely committed by gangs that collaboratively op- be proven that the perpetrators committed 90 successful pocket tion mostly was Denmark. Dur- ropean arrest warrant was is- erate all over Europe. Sometimes the criminal groups consist of more pickings, 50 of these were filmed on video. With these recordings ing the questionings, the name sued. On 8th September 2015 than 100 individuals and display the organised and collaborative ap- Georgio or George was men- Giurgius Y. was arrested in strict organisational structures. Due proach of the perpetrators could be tioned regularly. In the spring Milan by the Italian police and to the increase in pocket picking cas- verified and the strong suspicion, of 2014, Georgio/George was extradited to Germany. The es at Berlin train stations, the BPOLI indispensable for the issuance of already associated with seven investigators of BPOLI Airport KB Berlin initiated the investigative an arrest warrant (§ 112 (1) StPO), cases of trafficking by BPOLI were able to prove that the ac- procedure “Charlotte” and identified could thus be justified beyond 44 suspects. With the offences, the doubt. In the field of repressive in - Selb. Due to the work load of cused was responsible for 23 perpetrators had gained approx. vestigations, the video proof has the investigation team at that time, the BPOLI Selb itself was unable to cases of trafficking a total of 115 mostly Syrian nationals between 8th € 225,000. The relevant district court stood the test as a safe basis of ev - conclude the procedures. This is why the BPOLD Munich made an unu- December 2013 and 11th October 2014. In a partial confession he issued 17 arrest warrants because of idence. This applies to establishing sual decision. They assigned the further investigation of the trafficking incriminated another trafficker who, on these grounds, was identified organised theft. 15 arrest warrants the facts as well as to identifying cases via land route to the airport department. The official transfer of and later arrested in Milan. have already been executed. It could perpetrators.

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Mobile Search Unit

Operation and investigation support In the fight against organised and serious crime and in order to de- and danger defence measures. For this range of tasks, the operation liver qualified detection and search, the Federal Police uses itsMo- portfolio encompasses covert operational tactics and the use of oper - bile Search Units. These covertly operating units are located at more ative technology. than 17 sites in Germany and have about 600 staff. They support the Particularly observations, also cross-border, essentially contribute to investigative units of the Federal Police and others in crime solving the successful completion of criminal investigations. The MFE sup- ported more than 350 such procedures and oper - ations with 465,000 working hours in 2016. Flexible working hours, deployment locations that change all the time and the cooperation with oth- er authorities form part of the challenging, but also varied daily business of the Mobile Search Units. The deployment of the MFE in the investigation complex KiNA must be highlighted. These investi- gations were assigned by the public prosecution in Dresden and were targeted at criminal groups under the suspicion of in parts internationally or - ganised theft at train stations as well as organ- ised receiving and handling of stolen goods. In the year 2016 eight perpetrators could be identi- fied and arrested. In subsequent investigations it turned out that the perpetrators regularly sold the stolen goods at large scale in certain commer - cial properties. It is supposed that the damage amounts to several hundred thousands euros. The MFE was integrated at a high level in these intensely led investigations.

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The aviation sector still is the target of Islamic terrorist groups as well as Prohibited items detected by aviation of individual terrorists with Islamic motivations. The high symbolism of civil aviation, the large number of po- tential victims, maximum infrastruc- security checks at airports which fall under tural and economic damages and the great attention of the media all form reasons for that. the responsibility of the Federal Police Proof of this are the attacks at the air- ports “Zaventem” in Brussels/Belgium and “Atatürk” in Istanbul/Turkey as well as the one against an aircraft of Daallo Airlines on its way from Moga- dishu/Somalia to Dschibuti in the year 2016. Furthermore, the number of air pas- sengers is continuously increasing and poses an ever larger challenge for the Federal Police due to the threats mentioned above. In order to * minimise possible threats it is essen- tial to implement the security regu- lations in a comprehensive manner. 304,922 Here, one important aspect is pas- senger and hand luggage checks. The prohibited items detected by the Federal Police at airports under the responsibility of the Federal Police in 2016 show the relevance of security checks at German airports.

* Among these, for example, 579 fire- arms, 1,795 firearm replicas, as well as 84 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 1,898 explosives and ammunition parts. Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 85 FEDERAL POLICE – FIGURES, DATA, FACTS Großeinsätze

Additional information: In the year 2016, 1,888 criminal offences were solved by means of CCTV technology at train sta- Criminal offences tions and on trains.

Changes 2016 2015 absolute in % Criminal offences (in total) 554,173 436,387 + 117,786 + 27.0 Total solving rate in % 71.9 82.1

Brutal offences and criminal offences against personal freedom, among them: 10,892 9,766 + 1,126 + 11.5 Bodily harm (in total), of these: 9,375 8,331 + 1,044 + 12.5 Dangerous and serious bodily harm 2,401 2,170 + 231 + 10.6 Other bodily harm 6,974 6,161 + 813 + 13.2 Solving rate (intentionally light) bodily harm in % 82.7 83.1 – 0.4 – 0.5

Theft (in total), including: 56,535 57,141 – 606 – 1.1 Pick-pocketing 22,175 19,296 + 2,879 + 14.9

Assets and forging offences, among them: 142,471 153,831 –11,360 – 7.4 Fare evasion 117,738 130,407 –12,669 – 9.7 Forgery of documents 6,490 4,797 + 1,693 + 35.3

Miscellaneous criminal offences according to German Penal Code, among them: 43,775 41,789 + 1,986 + 4.8 Damage to property (in total), thereof: 27,513 27,438 + 75 + 0.3 Damage to property through graffiti 14,091 15,333 – 1,242 – 8.1

Supplementary criminal code, including: 300,185 173,622 + 126,563 + 72.9 Violation of laws regarding residential status, asylum procedures and the freedom of movement/EU 297,901 171,477 + 126,424 + 73.7

Source: PKS data of the Federal Police 2015 and 2016

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46,471 traces preserved identity fraud. It is a phenomenon of doc- Forensic technology Forensic technology is used at the crime ument forgery that applies to more than scene and in the forensics laboratories to two thirds of document frauds. Identity ccording to § 12 BPolG in conjunction the authenticity of the identification documents procedure, it is possible to determine within a detect and preserve traces in order to re- fraud is a serious and security-relevant A with § 163 StPO, the preservation of ev - shown. In 203,255 stationary and mobile meas- few minutes whether and under which name construct the crime and to gain informa- problem, as some of the most serious idence during criminal prosecution is a core ures the Federal Police officers checked the the individual concerned has already been tion about the offender or the offenders. crimes are committed by offenders using task of the Federal Police. fingerprints of individuals concerned. With this criminally identified in Germany. 46,471, e.g. fingerprints, DNA materials, a fake identity. In addition to preserving and evaluating data fibers, footprints, material and technical trac- carriers, digital data and material traces, the ex- es were preserved by the Federal Police. 317 suspects identified by comparison amination of documents and criminal identifica- They formed the basis for further investiga- of photographs tion measures play a major role. tions and warranted objective reasoning. With regard to identity fraud, misuse of documents, trafficking and even terrorism, 67,380 executions of criminal identifications 45,746 documents suspicious of forgery the identification of individuals by using Taking fingerprints, palmprints and photo- examined by specialists photographs is gaining more and more im- graphs, making measurements and descrip- Normally, document forgeries can only be portance. The identification or exclusion of tions of individuals all form part of criminal detected during active document checks suspects by the use of photographs relies identifications. The fingerprints taken are com- by qualified officers. Document frauds on the comparative examination of visible pared in national and European fingerprint form part of many areas of crime and ter - anatomical features in the facial area. databases and stored where appropriate. This rorism. At the Federal Police, theses standard way, individuals can be identified and case-by- 6,177 out of 45,746 documents suspi- procedures are used in a broad range of case comparative prints can be saved for future cious of forgery were examined to be used applications, for example during police comparisons of individuals and traces. before court by experts in the Central Doc- controls as Police Identity Checks (PIP) or ument Laboratory. by experts making comparisons of photo- 62,577 individuals identified with “FAST-ID” graphs and assessments. Federal Police officers use “FAST-ID” for the 2,853 cases of identity fraud uncovered The experts of the Federal Police exe- fast identification of individuals without identity Feigning a fake identity and using irreg- cuted 395 comparisons of photographs documents, or when there is doubt regarding ular identification documents is called and thus identified 317 suspects.

88 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 89 RUBRIKENTITEL Complete overview of medals in 2016

athletes of the Federal Police were among the 449 athletes of the German Olympic Team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 24 (5th –21st August). Of these, returned as champions, of these 3 as double champions. 8 Not even a broken off saddle could stop racing cyclist Kristina Vogel at silver-, bronze medal and another the Olympic Games. The 1 1 Federal Police officer won after a photo finish top-ten placements were also gained by Federal Police athletes. and with the minute lead of four thousandths of a 12 second. After the race she said: “This must be the first olympic victory without a saddle. Abso- In the other competitions of the year 2016, the 161 top athletes from the sports schools Kienbaum and Endorf were lutely crazy.” able to win many more medals: Support for World Championships 19 7 5 top-level sport Junior World Championships 8 3 3 European Championships 11 6 9

Junior European Championships 2 3 Like four years ago in London, canoeist Sebastian Brendel won the gold medal with his Canadian canoe. And also in Youth Olympic Winter Games 1 1 the double canoe with Jan Vandrey he could not be beaten. In recognition of his achievements he was chosen to carry 90 Federal Police | Annual Report 2016 the German flag during the closing ceremonies. Image References Federal Police © applicable to all photos except p. 1: Bundesministerium des Innern p. 90: dpa / Darron Cummings p. 91 (Brendel): dpa / Matt York Imprint Editorial Staff p. 91 (Vogel): dpa / Schueler/Eibner Gero von Vegesack Helvi Abs All rights reserved. Any form of reproduc- Publisher tion or duplication requires the prior written Support Staff permission of the publisher. Federal Police Headquarters Press and Public Relations Office Unit Christian Marx Printing House Heinrich-Mann-Allee 103 Sebastian Grafe as well as Appel & Klinger Druck und Medien GmbH, 14473 Potsdam members of the numerous departments Schneckenlohe of the Federal Police Tel +49 (0) 331 97 997 9410 1st Edition Fax +49 (0) 331 97 997 9321 Layout and typesetting [email protected] www.bundespolizei.de Olaf Herling, Berlin

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