Overview

• The Bund der Steuerzahler placed the Leipzig-based project in its latest Schwarzbuch of taxpayer waste.
• Launched by a 2017 treaty among eastern German states, the GKDZ was planned for 2021, then 2024, and is now targeted for 2027.
• Saxony’s interior ministry acknowledged problems getting the telecommunications surveillance operational.
• Despite lacking readiness, the center employs 23 staff and incurred about €1.8 million in personnel costs in 2024.
• Housed on the Leipzig riot police grounds, the center is intended to centralize cross-state surveillance capabilities.