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| Abbreviation | TEK |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | September 1, 2010 |
| Employees | 858 (2011) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Hungary |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Pál Maléter Barracks, Budapest, Hungary |
| Elected officer responsible |
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| Agency executive |
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| Website | |
| http://tek.gov.hu/ | |
Counter Terrorism Centre (Template:Lang-hu, TEK) is the SWAT state agency of Hungary, specialized for counter-terrorism, hostage crisis, gun violence, capturing dangerous criminals and protecting the Hungarian government and Hungarian citizens worldwide.
It belongs to the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, headed by Sándor Pintér. TEK headquarted is located at Zách street (close to Hungária Boulevard), Pál Maléter Barracks, Kőbánya, Budapest, Hungary.
TEK was founded by the Second Cabinet of Viktor Orbán on 1 September 2010. According to the Hungarian ombudsman, TEK is the most professional, well-financed and well-equipped state agency in the country.
Role
- Counter-terrorism: Preventing terrorist attacks
- Hostage crisis: Set to free Hungarian hostages nationwide and worldwide
- Gun violence: Bank robbery, school shooting
- Capturing and arresting dangerous, beweaponed criminals
- Eliminate mafia organizations
- Protecting the Hungarian government, politicians, ambassadors and citizens nationwide and worldwide
Equipment and vehicles
Detailed information about the equipment of TEK is not public, but according to the Hungarian media it uses Audi Q7 luxury SUVs.
Notable operations
On 13 August 2012 three Hungarian citizens was hostaged by Syrian gunmen in Damascus. A special TEK unit ran to Syria to set free Hungarian citizens, they arrived to Budapest on 27 August 2012 without injury.
See also
References
- Foundation of TEK, Index.hu (Hungarian)
- Hungarian ombudsman about TEK, Index.hu (Hungarian)
- Equipment of TEK, totalcar.hu (Hungarian)
- Hostage crisis in Syria, Magyar Nemzet (Hungarian)
- Hostage crisis in Syria, HVG (Hungarian)