Bundeskriminalamt (BKA)

The History of the Bundeskriminalamt

01.01.1946

Establishment of a "Criminal Police Office for the British Zone" in Hamburg

23.05.1949

Proclamation of the Constitution ("Basic Law")

Proclamation of the Constitution ("Basic Law") of the Federal Republic of Germany. The fundamentals for the establishment of the Bundeskriminalamt are codified in Articles 73 no. 10 and 87 section 1 sentence 2.