122 Reports. No Criminal Offenses.

1. The concern expressed in your letter “that US companies associated with the SO might be subject to market-access restrictions” probably stems from your awareness of the uniform protective clause developed under your ministry’s lead responsibility and recommended by the Conference of Ministers of Economic Affairs (WMK) in Mainz on 1–2 March 2001 for general use in the awarding of public contracts for consulting and training services.

The application of this clause is intended to ensure that the contractor undertakes to use, in performing the contract, only individuals who do not apply, teach or otherwise disseminate the technology of SO founder L. Ron Hubbard. It is agreed that the contracting authority is entitled to proceed in this manner.

2. In response to your question concerning findings and information on “whether the SO is, in fact, involved in criminal machinations,” I would point out the following:

Following the IMK’s decision to have the SO monitored by the domestic intelligence authorities (meeting of the IMK on 5–6 June 1997), the “State Security” Commission recommended

at its meeting on 23–24 September 1997 that its members forward to the State Security Division of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), via the state security offices and the State Criminal Police Offices (LKÄ), any findings concerning the SO arising through the reporting services. Within the framework of the subsequently established “Special Reporting Service on Criminal Offenses by the Scientology Organization,” a total of 122 matters were reported to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) between September 1997 and August 1999 which, when evaluated for general criminal-law content and relevance to state security, revealed no criminal offenses by members of the SO that would fall under the definition of a state security offense.

To the knowledge of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the SO as such, and its structures, have not, to date, been the subject of police investigations.

Moreover, there were virtually no indications that the SO or leading members of its front and underground organizations were themselves involved in criminal acts.

In preparation for the Criminal Police Working Group meeting on 1–2 March 2000, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) proposed discontinuing the above-mentioned Special Reporting Service, since the findings obtained through it had not led to the identification of criminal conduct by the SO. Reported criminal offenses could at most be attributed to individuals, but not to the organization as such. No action has yet been taken on this proposal. The next report is expected next year.

The political intentions and activities of the SO are monitored by the BfV (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution) and by the constitutional protection authorities of the federal states. Findings on these matters are presented in the reports of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. However, they are not relevant to the questions you have raised.