Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg

What Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg does

The Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg (LKA BW) is the state criminal investigation office of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, operating under the Ministry of the Interior, for Digitalization and Europe. Headquartered at Willy-Brandt-Strasse 41 in Stuttgart, with an additional office at GZ Kehl, the agency serves approximately 11 million inhabitants as the central authority for organized crime, terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, cybercrime, and other serious criminal investigations requiring state-level coordination. It cooperates with federal agencies (BKA), public prosecutor's offices (e.g., Staatsanwaltschaft Karlsruhe), and international bodies (Interpol, Europol) on cross-jurisdictional cases.

The agency's technology and product portfolio includes law enforcement intelligence systems and digital forensics capabilities, supplemented by public-facing services. Core offerings include the Anonymes Hinweisgebersystem — an anonymous whistleblower platform integrated with BKMS (Business Keeper Monitoring System) — and the Onlinewache digital police reporting portal. The agency's Staatsschutz- und Anti-Terrorismuszentrum (SAT BW) houses a specialized Staatsschutz Analyse- und Forschungseinheit that published the world's first criminological study of the Terrorgram digital terrorism network (January 2026). Public engagement products include RadiCast (a True-Crime podcast launched February 2026 on Reichsbürger phenomena), the Stuttgarter Kriminächte literary event series, and the BOGY-Praktikum career orientation internship program for Gymnasium students.

The agency operates as a state government entity funded through taxpayer budget allocations rather than commercial revenue. Services are delivered through mandated official channels including the Notruf 110 emergency line, Onlinewache self-service portal, and Dienststellenfinder service locator. It maintains social media presence across Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and WhatsApp Channel for citizen communication. The agency has held the Audit Beruf und Familie certification continuously since 2016 for family-friendly workplace policies, and operates a partnership with SECURIUS for auctioning seized recovered property.

Name

Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg

Legal name

Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg

Website

https://lka-bw.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg is the state criminal investigation office of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It serves approximately 11 million residents through criminal investigation, counter-terrorism, extremism prevention, and digital forensics, with specialized units for state protection and anti-terrorism research.

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Product category

State Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Police Protection (92212), Legal Counsel and Prosecution (922130)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Prosecution & District/State Attorney Services (BPAIAFAB)

Keywords

• Criminal investigation services
• State law enforcement
• Counter-terrorism operations
• Digital forensics analysis
• Cybercrime enforcement

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg is the state criminal investigation office of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, operating as the central authority for serious and organized crime, terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, and cyber crime. It provides criminal investigation services, intelligence analysis, anonymous crime reporting infrastructure, criminological research, and public safety programs for approximately 11 million residents of Baden-Württemberg.

Product overview

Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg is the state criminal investigation office of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As a law enforcement agency, it provides investigative services rather than commercial products. Its public-facing offerings include the Anonymes Hinweisgebersystem (anonymous whistleblower system) for secure crime reporting, the RadiCast True-Crime podcast for public education, research publications like the Terrorgramszene study on digital terrorism, and public engagement initiatives such as the BOGY internship program and Stuttgarter Kriminächte events. The agency also operates the Onlinewache for digital police reporting.

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Products and services

• Anonymes Hinweisgebersystem (Anonymous Reporting System) Secure whistleblower platform enabling citizens to anonymously submit criminal tips and information to the state criminal investigation office, integrated with BKMS (Business Keeper Monitoring System) for confidential communications.
• Onlinewache Online police reporting portal allowing Baden-Württemberg citizens to file certain non-emergency police reports digitally through the state police website.
• RadiCast True-Crime Podcast True-Crime podcast produced by LKA Baden-Württemberg providing public education on criminal phenomena, radicalization processes, and security threats; the first season focuses on Reichsbürger (sovereign citizens) and Selbstverwalter.
• Terrorgramszene – Bundesweite Hellfeldstudie Criminological research publication analyzing the digital Terrorgram network and youth radicalization into right-wing digital terrorism, produced by the State Protection Analysis and Research Unit within SAT BW.

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Working Group Southwest (Arbeitsgruppe Südwest) - Drug Trafficking CombatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 July 2026International working group focused on combating drug trafficking operating in the southwestern region. The 58th meeting was held in Staufen with participation from multiple countries. The group facilitates cross-border law enforcement cooperation and intelligence sharing on narcotics crime.
• Staatsanwaltschaft Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Public Prosecutor's Office)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 March 2026Joint investigation partnership with the Karlsruhe Public Prosecutor's Office in investigating the far-right extremist publishing network 'Der Schelm'. Conducted coordinated searches across Germany, Spain, and Poland targeting publications containing anti-Semitic content, Volksverhetzung (incitement of hatred), and Holocaust denial materials.
• SECURIUSminorOthers · 1 January 2026External platform for auctioning seized and recovered valuables and property. Citizens can purchase recovered items through this platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen (LKA NRW): Criminal investigation office for North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state; directly comparable in mandate, scale, digital-forensics investment, and structured cooperation with state prosecutors.
• Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt (LKA Bayern): State-level criminal investigation authority for Bavaria, the closest structural peer to LKA Baden-Württemberg, with comparable mandate, prosecutorial partnerships, and criminal-analysis capabilities at state level within the German federal police system.
• Landeskriminalamt Hessen: State criminal investigation authority for Hesse, directly comparable in scope, organisational structure under the Hessian Ministry of the Interior, and partnerships with regional prosecutors' offices.
• Landeskriminalamt Berlin: State-level criminal investigation authority for Berlin, mandated similarly to LKA BW on organised crime, terrorism, and digital extremism in a city-state context, sharing the same German police-law framework.
• Landeskriminalamt Niedersachsen: Criminal investigation office for Lower Saxony, an evidentially equivalent peer with overlapping responsibilities across state-wide serious-crime, counter-terrorism, and criminal-analysis functions.

Broad incumbents

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): U.S. federal investigative agency; comparable at the broadest operational level on counter-terrorism, organised crime, digital forensics, and public-engagement efforts, although operating under a federal rather than state-tier mandate.
• Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Germany's federal criminal investigation agency, overlapping with LKA BW on serious and international crime but operating across all 16 states; the broader incumbent counterpart against which state-level LKAs coordinate and escalate.
• Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV): Germany's federal domestic intelligence service, a thematic peer in counter-extremism and state-protection analysis areas where SAT BW conducts its criminological research on digital right-wing terrorism networks.

Others

• Europol: EU-level law enforcement coordination agency, a peer in the cross-border operational and intelligence-sharing ecosystem that LKA BW participates in through the Arbeitsgruppe Südwest and joint operations in Spain and Poland.
• Interpol: International police cooperation organisation referenced in LKA BW's cross-jurisdictional cooperation model, providing comparable inter-state enforcement coordination in transnational criminal cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LkaBaWue
• Facebookfacebook.com/lkabw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/landeskriminalamt-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg

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