Same business, modus operandi varies: who is behind the ATM attacks in Switzerland?

Money attracts criminals: with 7,000 ATMs brimming with cash, Switzerland is a worthwhile target. But attacks can be prevented.

Messaging services make communication in our society easier. It goes without saying that criminals also make the most of these services – mainly in encrypted form.

After months of complex investigations, and with close cooperation between fedpol and the cantonal police units, in 2021 and 2022 police raids on the drugs scene took place all across Switzerland and the first convictions were secured.

Money or data: Ransomware is the new way of taking hostages.

A scene from the life of a mafia investigator.

In December 2022, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland filed terrorism charges against a defendant who had been on fedpol's radar since 2019.

The Reichsbürger movement in Germany made headlines in late 2022 following several arrests. What is the situation in Switzerland?

fedpol orders measures for the first time.

fedpol is collecing evidence and testimonies about violations of international criminal law committed in the course of the war in Ukraine - so that the perpetrators can never escape the long arm of the law.