Politiets Efterretningstjeneste
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| Position of the authority | Intelligence service | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Justice Ministeriet | ||
| Consist | Since 1939 | ||
| Arose from | Sikkerhed policy | ||
| Headquarters | Søborg | ||
| Coordinates | 55 ° 44 ′ 45.8 " N , 12 ° 29 ′ 35" E | ||
| Chefen for PET | Finn Borch Andersen | ||
| Website | www.pet.dk | ||
Politiets Efterretningstjeneste ( PET ) is the Danish domestic intelligence and security service whose task it is to identify and prevent threats against Denmark and Danish society. It was founded in 1939 under the name Sikkerhedspolitie (SIPO) (Danish for Security Police) and is based in Søborg . The PET is nominally subordinate to the Ministry of Justice . His budget in 2010 was around 800 million Danish kroner , the equivalent of 107 million euros; he has about 800 employees. The head of the authority ( Danish Chefen for PET ) has been Finn Borch Andersen since January 1, 2016 .
tasks
The task of the PET is first and foremost to prevent and prevent crimes against the state and its independence or security, as described in Chapter 12 of the Danish Penal Code ( Straffeloven ). Chapter 13 also describes crimes against the Danish constitution ( Grundloven ), which also fall under the remit of PET. Counter- espionage , the fight against terrorism and the fight against right-wing extremism and left-wing extremism are part of it, but also security coordination, personal protection and data protection .
In terms of its tasks, it can best be compared to the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution or the Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Fight against Terrorism .
Trivia
The secret service is also mentioned in the episode " Hundrede dage " ("The Informant") of the television series Borgen - Dangerous Ropes , where agents of the service are assigned to a journalist after she received classified information from a major in the Danish armed forces .
See also
- Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste , the Danish foreign and military intelligence service
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Reference on the PET website , accessed on March 20, 2013
- ↑ Bjørn Schiønning: Pet release flig af sløret for sin Økonomi. dr.dk, June 28, 2011, accessed March 20, 2013
- ^ Head of PET. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .