Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, BfV) is Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency, subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. It is responsible for counter-intelligence and monitoring activities deemed anti-constitutional, including those of foreign intelligence services, extremist groups and terrorist organisations. Its headquarters are in Cologne. The agency has been led by Holger Münch.
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Russia stepping up assassination threats against European defense executives, intelligence warns
Western intelligence services have warned executives of European defense companies that Russia is intensifying efforts to kill them, the Financial Times reported, citing representatives of five European intelligence services. Russia's military intelligence (GRU) is expanding sabotage and hybrid operations in Europe and increasingly relying on organized crime networks to target defense industry leaders, including heads of small firms that produce drones or drone components for Ukraine.