State Offices for the Protection of the Constitution : domestic intelligence for the 16 subnational states
Besides that there are several other military and civilian agencies in Germany which do not have the status of an intelligence service, but have certain responsibilities similar to those of intelligence services or include close cooperation with German intelligence services:
Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector : cryptanalysis and digital surveillance. Mainly works as a support and research agency for law enforcement and BfV.
Federal Criminal Police Office : criminal and national security intelligence. Not actually an intelligence agency, but resembles one in a few aspects. State police services have their own police units responsible for State Protection.
Federal Police : Federal uniformed police service; one of its legal responsibilities is the support of the BfV on the field of radio technology, including signals intelligence to identify foreign intelligence services communication within Germany.
Customs Investigation Bureau : investigation and analysis of certain financial crimes, cases of arms proliferation and drug trafficking. Runs Germany's Financial Intelligence Unit. Central organizational entitity for the regional branches of federal customs investigation service.
Former agencies
Prussian Secret Police : Precursor of the Gestapo between 1851 and 1933.
Naval Intelligence Service : Intelligence department of the Imperial German Navy.
Office/Center for Intelligence of the Federal Armed Forces : Military intelligence analysis organization of the Bundeswehr. The majority of the tasks of ZNBw was taken over by the Bundesnachrichtendienst after an agreement between the Federal Ministry of Defence and the Federal Chancellery.
