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TheState Office for the Protection of the Constitution (German:Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz;LfV) is astate-levelsecurity agency in Germany.
In sevenfederal states of Germany, it is a semi-independent agency calledLandesamt für Verfassungsschutz and reports to the state's interior ministry. In the nine remaining federal states, it is organized as a division within the state's interior ministry.
The following states, mostlyWestern German, have a detachedLandesamt für Verfassungsschutz:
