Der Generalbundesanwalt

What Der Generalbundesanwalt does

Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof (the Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice) is Germany's highest federal prosecutorial authority, established in 1950 as part of the post-World War II reconstruction of the German judicial system. Headquartered at Brauerstraße 30, 76135 Karlsruhe, the office operates under the Federal Ministry of Justice and is currently led by Generalbundesanwalt Jens Rommel (in office since 2025). Its statutory mandate covers the investigation and prosecution of state protection crimes — terrorism (right-wing, left-wing, and Islamist-motivated), espionage on behalf of foreign intelligence services, and the most serious international crimes under the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes) — together with prosecutorial duties in revision proceedings before the Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe and Leipzig, contributing to the uniform interpretation and application of German criminal law.

The office is not a commercial entity. It generates no revenue, has no pricing structure, and serves a single principal: the Federal Republic of Germany. Outputs consist of indictments, arrests, investigations, revision submissions, and press releases. Its public-facing infrastructure is a bilingual (German/English) website built on the Government Site Builder (a federal Content Management Solution based on CoreMedia CMS), hosted by Informationstechnik Zentrum Bund (ITZBund) and realized by Materna Information & Communications SE. Additional channels include a Twitter/X account (@generalbundesanwalt), a press archive covering 2021–2026 managed by Oberstaatsanwältin Dr. Ines Peterson, and accessibility offerings in Leichte Sprache and Gebärdensprache.

Operational partners include the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) for police investigations under the Bundesanwaltschaft's direction and the Bundesgerichtshof for revision proceedings. In 2021 the office published "Staatsschutz im Kalten Krieg," an independent historical commission study conducted with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the University of Bonn — the first such institutional reckoning in German federal justice. Compliance posture is GDPR-compliant under Article 6(1)(e) DS-GVO, with partial BITV 2.0 / BGG accessibility compliance.

Name

Der Generalbundesanwalt

Legal name

Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof

Website

https://generalbundesanwalt.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Der Generalbundesanwalt is Germany's highest federal prosecutorial authority, headquartered in Karlsruhe. Established 1950, it investigates and prosecutes terrorism, espionage, and international crimes, and performs appellate duties before the Bundesgerichtshof for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Prosecution and Public Law Enforcement

NAICS

Legal Counsel and Prosecution (92213), Legal Counsel and Prosecution (922130)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Prosecution & District/State Attorney Services (BPAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Criminal Investigations & Forensics (Detectives, Crime Labs, CSI) (BPAIAGAI), State/Provincial Courts & Judicial Administration (BPAIABAE)

Keywords

• Federal prosecution services
• Counter-terrorism investigation
• International criminal law
• Espionage prosecution
• Appellate legal proceedings

Headquarters

HQ city

Karlsruhe

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof is Germany's highest-ranking federal prosecutor and the central authority for state protection crimes. Its core functions are the investigation and prosecution of terrorism (right-wing, left-wing, and Islamist-motivated), espionage and foreign intelligence threats, international criminal law matters (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes) under the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch, and representation of the federal prosecution in revision proceedings before the Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe and Leipzig. The agency also issues official press communications on its cases.

Product overview

Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof is the Federal Prosecutor General of Germany, a federal prosecution authority based in Karlsruhe. The agency is not a technology product company; rather, it provides governmental legal and prosecutorial services. Its core functions include counter-terrorism prosecution, espionage investigation, international criminal law enforcement, and appellate proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice. The agency also maintains a public website providing press releases and information about ongoing cases. The organization has no commercial product portfolio in the traditional sense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Terrorismusbekämpfung (Counter-Terrorism Prosecution)

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) / Professor Dr. Christoph SafferlingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2021Commissioned research partnership with Professor Dr. Christoph Safferling (Chair of Criminal Law and International Law, FAU) and Professor Dr. Friedrich Kießling (Chair of Modern and Contemporary History, University of Bonn) to conduct an independent historical investigation into the Bundesanwaltschaft's past during the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• University of Bonn / Professor Dr. Friedrich KießlingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-researcher alongside Professor Safferling in the independent historical investigation (Kommission zur Aufarbeitung der Geschichte der Bundesanwaltschaft). The resulting study was published in book form under the title 'Staatsschutz im Kalten Krieg – Die Bundesanwaltschaft zwischen NS-Vergangenheit, Spiegel-Affäre und RAF' by dtv-Verlag.
• Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) / Federal Criminal Police OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperational partner in federal investigations. The BKA conducts police investigations under the direction of the Bundesanwaltschaft in terrorism and espionage cases.
• Bundesgerichtshof (Bundesgerichtshof) / Federal Court of JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Generalbundesanwalt fulfills prosecutorial duties before the Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe and Leipzig in revision proceedings, contributing to the uniform application and development of German criminal law and criminal procedure law.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Department of Justice: The U.S. DOJ is the closest functional peer at scale: a federal executive-branch authority responsible for federal criminal prosecution, counter-terrorism, espionage/counter-intelligence coordination with the FBI and intelligence community, and appellate litigation. Its National Security Division parallels the Generalbundesanwalt's terrorism and espionage portfolio.

Others

• Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice): Germany's supreme court of criminal and civil matters. The Generalbundesanwalt fulfills prosecutorial duties before its criminal senates in revision proceedings, making the BGH the office's primary judicial counterpart and the venue through which its doctrinal influence is operationalized.
• Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, the operational investigative counterpart that conducts criminal investigations under the Generalbundesanwalt's direction in terrorism and espionage matters. Closely intertwined via formal prosecutorial direction but technically an enforcement, not prosecutorial, agency.

Direct peers

• Schweizerische Bundesanwaltschaft (Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office): Switzerland's federal prosecution authority, also named 'Bundesanwaltschaft,' with parallel mandate covering terrorism, espionage, organized crime, and federal-level offenses. Direct structural and linguistic counterpart within a neighboring German-speaking jurisdiction.
• Parquet national antiterroriste (France): The French national counter-terrorism prosecutor's office, established in 2019, centralizes prosecution of terrorism and related offenses at federal level — a structural analog to the Generalbundesanwalt's terrorism division within the Court of Paris jurisdiction.
• Crown Prosecution Service (UK): The CPS is the principal public-prosecution authority for England and Wales, with specialist Counter-Terrorism Division and International Justice and Organised Crime Division handling terrorism, espionage, and international crimes. Like the Generalbundesanwalt, it conducts appellate-level work and operates under government oversight but with operational independence.

Emerging players

• European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO): EPPO is the EU's independent public prosecution office for crimes against the EU budget. Although not a direct counter-terrorism or espionage peer, it represents a growing supranational prosecutorial model that competes for federal-level prosecutorial work in cross-border cases.
• International Criminal Court (ICC): The ICC prosecutes genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression at international level — the same core crimes under Germany's Völkerstrafgesetzbuch that the Generalbundesanwalt prosecutes. Although jurisdictional and structural models differ, both compete for relevance and complementarity in international criminal-law enforcement.
• Eurojust: Eurojust coordinates cross-border criminal investigations and prosecutions among EU member states, including terrorism and international crime. It increasingly overlaps with national federal prosecutors' roles in transnational cases involving German suspects or victims.

Regional players

• Fiscalía General del Estado (Spain): Spain's chief federal prosecutor and prosecutorial governing body, with comparable national-level mandate over terrorism (notably ETA-linked historical cases and Islamist terrorism), espionage, and international crimes within a different national legal tradition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GenBundesAnwalt
• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=2OTEEf0OPHI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/der-generalbundesanwalt

Compliance2 records

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Profiles2 records

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