The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (in German: Bundeskriminalamt (BKA); other translations: Federal Criminal Police Bureau, Federal Criminal Office, Federal Criminal Bureau) is the federal police of Germany, comparable to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States, French National Police in France, or the Australian Federal Police in Australia. Its responsabilites are the coordanion of law enforcement in cooperation with criminal police offices of the individual states of Germany (these police offices are known as Landeskriminalamt (plural Landeskriminalämter)) and to conduct investigations in especially heavy crimes, especially those where other countries play a role. The BKA is also responsible for the cooperation with Interpol. It is headquartered in Wiesbaden, with further seats in Berlin and Meckenheim. The BKA is subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior and had almost 5,000 employees in 2004. The word federal in a general sense refers to the nature of an agreement between or among two or more states, nations, or other groups to merge into a union in which control of common affairs is held by a central authority created by and with the consent of the... Official FBI Seal The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal criminal investigative and intelligence agency which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The National Police (Police Nationale) is one of two national police forces and the main civil law enforcement agency of France, with primary jurisdiction in cities and large towns. ... The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia. ... For the band, see The Police. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... Interpol logo Interpol, more correctly the International Criminal Police Organization, was created in 1923 to assist international criminal police co-operation. ... Wiesbaden is a city in central Germany. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Meckenheim is a town and a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... The Federal Ministry of the Interior (in German, Bundesministerium des Innern) is a ministry of the German federal government. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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