Notification of facts constituting a criminal offence

The Bundesanstalt must without delay notify the competent public prosecution office of facts giving rise to a suspicion of a criminal offence under section 119. It may transmit to the public prosecution office the personal data of the persons concerned against whom the suspicion is directed, or who may come into consideration as witnesses, insofar as necessary for purposes of criminal prosecution. The public prosecution office decides on the taking of the necessary investigative measures, in particular searches, under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This does not affect the powers of the Bundesanstalt under section 6(2) to (13) and sections 7 to 9 and 10(2), insofar as necessary for taking administrative measures or for complying with requests from foreign bodies under section 18(2), (4), first sentence, or (10), and insofar as there is no risk of jeopardising the purpose of investigations by the prosecuting authorities or the courts competent for criminal matters.