The BVT was created in 2002 through the reorganization of various special task forces of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the former state police . This was undertaken as a reaction to a perceived danger to public security caused by an increase in international terrorism . In the wake of the September 11 attacks , the Federal Minister of the Interior Ernst Strasser ordered the restructuring of Austrian counterterrorism efforts
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism