Annual Report 2018 38 Investigations 39 Mobile search units Table of contents 40 Forensics 42 Statistics on offences 4 Welcoming address by the Federal Minister 43 Central Fines Office of the Interior 44 Prevention 6 Foreword by the President of the German Federal Police Headquarters 46 Deployments abroad 8 German Federal Police tasks 56 Annual review 2018 10 The German Federal Police at a glance 68 Staff and equipment 12 Assignments 70 German Federal Police staff 16 Formed Police Units of the German 72 Average age Federal Police 73 Medical police service 17 Soccer 74 Budget 18 German Federal Police spotters 75 Staffing 19 Violence against law enforcement officers 76 Training and education 20 German Federal Police in figures 77 German Federal Police careers 22 Organisation chart 78 Top-level sports 24 Dimensions 80 Command, control and operational equipment 26 Migration situation 28 Repatriation 86 Public relations 29 Humanitarian resettlements 88 Recruitment of junior staff 30 Aviation security checks 89 Social media 31 Police intelligence processing and 92 German Federal Police orchestras Visa Information Office 94 Staff magazine 32 EasyPASS 95 Register 33 Border police audits Preliminary remark: 34 Wide-spread search 95 Imprint To facilitate the readability of this report, the masculine noun form is used. However, both genders, masculine and feminine, are referred to. 2 ▪ Federal Police Annual Report 2018 Federal Police Annual Report 2018 ▪ 3 Welcoming address Dear readers, the Federal Police greatly contributes to the be extended. Because by deploying elsewhere – who also in 2018 performed For nearly 68 years – and thus almost preservation of the interior security within Federal Police officers for training, edu- excellently und who rendered an indispen- since the foundation of the Federal Republic Germany and in Europe abroad and on the cation and consultation and by offering sible service for our country regarding all of Germany – the Federal Police and its external borders of the European Union. equipment aid, we support regions of origin those versatile and challenging tasks and predecessor, the Federal Border Guard, Part of this are the bilateral police project and transit countries of illegal migration in requirements. has played an important role in the German in Afghanistan and the peace missions con- order to enable them to better contain the security architecture. ducted in 2018. Of these, 28 were our own influx of migrants themselves. Dear readers, I wish you an interesting read missions, 13 were joint peace missions of the annual report of the German Federal For the sense of safety of the people in our with German and international participati- Unfortunately, also in the year 2018 Police. country the everyday and visible work of the on. Also the cooperation with the member 2,311 Federal Police officers were attacked, Federal Police at the borders, train stations states of the European Union in operations 1,709 of these while on patrol. 503 of and airports in particular is of enormous of the European Borders and Coast Agency them were injured. Not least those figures importance. And here we are talking about Frontex made a large contribution. caused us to continue the publicly effective no less than the protection of 3,831 km campaign (www.starkfürdich.de), which Horst Seehofer of land border, 888 km maritime borders, In 2018, an average of 114 Federal Police was started in 2017, also in 2019. It aims Federal Minister of the Interior, for Building and Homeland 14 commercial airports and approximately officers was on operation for Frontex each at increasing respect for police officers and 33,500 km of the railway network of and every day. And in the future the already emergency personnel and the trust in their Deutsche Bahn AG. high commitment of Germany and thus the work (sicherheit.bund.de). German Federal Police is going to increase With its non-military police deployments even more due to enhanced staffing of the I would like to thank the entire staff of the abroad, which have long been one of the agency. And also the German participation German Federal Police – in operations, in core tasks of the German Federal Police, in international police missions is going to administration, in the training centers and 4 ▪ Federal Police Annual Report 2018 Federal Police Annual Report 2018 ▪ 5 Foreword Dear readers, to the criminals pulling the strings in order This task is warranted by the German There is not one year that passes in which to work off the horrendous costs for traffi- Federal Police Academy which is supported WE are not challenged in a special way. cking, not to mention the life-long mental by all Federal Police authorities. The year 2018 for example witnessed the damages of the mostly young women. most extensive executive measure since As an attractive employer, the Federal the existence of the Federal Republic of This once more shows: The criminals don’t Police continues to be highly popular. Germany. care about humanitarian refuge assistance, but only their personal enrichment in the The annual report of the Federal Police at In 12 German states more than 1,500 Fe- shape of unscrupulous exploitation. Orga- hand has many other exemplary reports, deral Police officers searched 62 brothels nised people smuggling is the key offence figures and overviews to offer. And we have and apartments simultaneously under the for further crimes! not finished yet. authority of the Chief Public Prosecutor of Frankfurt am Main. The year 2018 was also a challenging one if you look at the training figures. Thanks The reason for the large-scale operation to the previous years’ staffing offensive, was the trafficking of women and girls, more than 8,200 candidates participated Dr. Dieter Romann mainly from Thailand, into Germany by in trainings for the middle and higher grade President of the Federal Police Headquarters using Schengen-visa obtained by fraud. law enforcement service within the German Then the victims were exploited in an inhu- Federal Police. Warranting profound and mane manner in brothels all over Germany. comprehensive police training for such a According to police findings they had to huge number of people is a major accom- give almost 100 percent of their “earnings” plishment. 6 ▪ Federal Police Annual Report 2018 Federal Police Annual Report 2018 ▪ 7 German Federal Police tasks 8 ▪ Federal Police Annual Report 2018 Federal Police Annual Report 2018 ▪ 9 The German Federal Police at a glance In Germany, the Federal Police is an integral element of the safety architecture as well as of Border management Aviation security Federal Maritime Police freedom and rule of law in this country. In addi- In border police danger prevention, The German Federal Police safeguards avia- On the North Sea and the Baltic tion to its traditional task of border management, the German Federal Police is respon- tion security at 14 large German commercial Sea, the German Federal Police the Federal Police contributes to the security of sible for a 30 km wide stretch along the airports, among them Frankfurt/Main, Berlin/ operates with its maritime asset as German citizens and visitors to our country on approximately 3,831 km long German Tegel and Berlin/Schöneberg, Düsseldorf and part of the Federal Government’s rail facilities, on the country’s coastlines and at borders. Along the 888 km long sea Cologne/Bonn. With the exception of Munich coast guard. With its resources, it its airports. Also the protection of constitutional borders at the North Sea and the Baltic Airport it conducts passenger and luggage wards off border police threats at the bodies, deployments due to major events and Sea, the Federal Police is responsible checks. In order to do so, the Federal Police German Schengen external borders, in international missions as well as law enforce- for a stretch which is 50 km wide. In the has contracts with private security companies monitors maritime traffic, investiga- ment and investigations are part of the daily fight against cross-border crime, the which on behalf of the Federal Police provide tes environmental violations and acts work. The helicopters of the Federal Police Air Federal Police officers monitor, trace staff for aviation security checks at the different in an advisory capacity for German Support Group provide cross-functional support. and investigate. They carry out border airports – aviation security assistants. merchant vessels in the worldwide police checks at many airports and har- defence against piracy attacks. bours and execute removal measures. Protection of constitutional institutions At the request of and in agreement with the Ger- officers are deployed and equipment like surveil- man states the Federal Police protects constitu- lance cameras or security scanners is used. tional institutions and federal ministries that are at a particularly high risk. The main target is to prevent In 2018 the Federal Police protected the pro- or ward off attacks and to warrant the functional perties of the Office of the Federal President of Railway Police capability, particularly in the event of functions and Germany including the official residence of the Danger prevention in the interest of public visits from Germany and abroad. In 2018, for ex- President of the Federal Republic of Germany Villa security and order in rail traffic is another core ample, the president of the Russian Federation, His Hammerschmidt in Bonn, the Federal Chancellery task of the German Federal Police. The rail Excellency Wladimir Putin, visited Schloss Merse- with the federal government’s guest house Schloss facilities of the federal railway system comprise burg, and there was the state visit of the president Merseburg, the Federal Foreign Office and its nearly 5,700 railway stations and a network of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erogan, in guest house Villa Borsig, the Federal Ministries of of approximately 33,500 km.