The Federal Office of Police
fedpol
An ove rview
Criminal Police
Security Police
International Police
Co-operation
FEDERAL OFFICE OF POLICE
fedpol
CH-3003 Bern
Telephone +41 (0)58 463 11 23
info @fedpol.admin.ch
www.fedpol.ch
Administrative and
Support Services
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fedpol
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Contents
PART 1 BASICS 05
The structure of the police in Switzerland
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Our mission
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Our objectives
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Our values
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Our services
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Our structure
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Our partners
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Our locations
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Contact
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MAIN TASKS Criminal police
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Security police
International police co-operation
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Administrative and support services
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PART 3 43
GLOSSARY 02 03
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Basics
The structure of the police in Switzerland
Under the Federal Constitution, the Swiss Confederation (federal authorities)
and the cantonal authorities are responsible for protecting the liberty and rights of
the people, and for safeguarding the independence and security of the country.
Moreover, they must coordinate their efforts in domestic security matters. Upholding public order and security is primarily the duty of the 26 cantons in collaboration
with the municipal and communal authorities.
The Federal Office of Police (fedpol) is Switzerland’s federal police agency and
is responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious crime (i.e. offences that fall
under federal jurisdiction). In addition, fedpol provides its national and international partners with support in fulfilling their police tasks, and carries out federal security duties and administrative tasks.
The office is part of the Federal Administration and is incorporated into the
Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP).
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Our mission
Our mission is to ensure that everyone in Switzerland can live in freedom and
safety. We want to play a leading role in shaping and influencing its security.
Our objectives
Primary objectives:
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Protect the constitutional state of Switzerland and its democratic
institutions
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Detect and prosecute serious crime under federal jurisdiction
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Provide our national and international partners with a 24 / 7 national
police service
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Foster national and international police co-operation
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Ensure the security of federal authorities and facilities, and persons
and buildings afforded protection under international law
We aim to achieve these objectives through preventive, repressive and supportive measures.
Our values
In performing our mandate we are guided by the following values:
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Trust and esteem
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Sincerity and honesty
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Professionalism and success-orientation
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Lawfulness and responsible-mindedness
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Readiness to help and deference
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fedpol is the single point of contact for national and international police agen-
cies. As Switzerland’s federal police agency it fulfils the following police tasks:
C r i m i nal P o l i c e
Tasks
>Early detection and analysis of serious crime
>Investigation and preservation of evidence in federal criminal
proceedings under the lead of the Office of the Attorney General of
Switzerland and relating to transnational crime and cases of great
complexity
>Co-ordination of national and international investigations involving
several cantons, or of an interdisciplinary or international nature
>Execution of mutual assistance requests
Objective
To protect the population and institutions of Switzerland from serious
crime.
• For further information see Criminal Police, p. 14.
S ecu rity P o l i c e
Tasks
Security of people
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Security of people and buildings afforded protection under international
law, of federal officials and employees at special risk, and of members of
the federal parliament while performing their duties
>Recruitment, training and deployment of security personnel on board Swiss
commercial aircraft and at certain sensitive destinations abroad
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Safety and security of buildings and facilities
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Structural, technical and organisational security concept for federal
buildings and property
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Management of the Federal Interrogation Centre
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Safety in parliamentary buildings
>Access control to the parliamentary buildings
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Federal Alert Centre and alarm management within the Federal
Administration
Crisis intervention
>Deployment of SOGE in the event of federal or foreign authorities
becoming subject to blackmail
>Crisis management of incidents abroad
Objectives
To ensure the physical safety of the federal authorities and fulfil federal obligations under international Iaw.
To enable the Swiss authorities and institutions to act even in exceptional circumstances.
• For further information see Security Police, p. 20.
Int e r n at i on a l P o l i c e Co - op e r at i on
Tasks
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Bilateral police co-operation
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Management of PCCCs in Geneva and Chiasso
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Police attachés abroad
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National centre for SIS information exchange
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SPOC for Europol
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National Central Bureau INTERPOL
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Multilateral police co-operation (UNO, OSCE , Council of Europe)
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SPOC for the Central European Police Academy
Objective
To strengthen international police co-operation.
• For further information see International Police Co-operation, p. 24.
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A d m i n i st r at i v e a n d suppo rt s e rv i c e S
Tasks
>Co-ordination of anti-human trafficking and migrant smuggling
measures
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Processing of suspicious activity reports on money laundering and
terrorist financing
>Contact for all national and international partner agencies
(24 / 7 Operations Centre SIRENE )
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Single Point of Contact for transnational operations
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National search database RIPOL
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(Biometric) identification of people and trace evidence using
automated fingerprint identification system AFIS and DNA database
CODIS
>Identity documents (Swiss passport, identity card, Coordination Unit
for Identity and Legitimation Documents)
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Search for missing persons
>Legislation
>Data protection and information disclosure
Objectives
To provide fedpol’s national and international partners with 24/7 infor-
mation and support.
To co-ordinate tasks, hence strengthening the federal police structure
and enhancing the security of the population.
• For further information see Administrative and Support Services, p. 30.
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Our structure
fedpol has approximately 790 employees from various professions. The major-
ity are between 40 and 49 years old. The proportion of female employees has risen
slightly in the last few years to 33 percent, whilst the proportion of women in management positions has increased to 20 percent. Approximately 76 percent are
German-speaking, 17 percent French-speaking and 5 percent Italian-speaking. There
are also a few native speakers of Romansh and of other linguistic origin.
fedpol’s annual budget is currently CHF 239 million with a further CHF 35 mil-
lion for investments.
fedpol comprises the following divisions and main divisions:
DIRECTORATE
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Communication
and Media
Resources
Directorate
Staff
Federal International
Federal
Criminal Police
Police Co-operationSecurity Service
fedpol organisational chart (1.1. 2014).
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Our partners
To perform our tasks successfully and competently, fedpol exchanges informa-
tion with national and international partners, including:
F ede ral Adm i n i stration an d f e deral ju dic iary
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Federal Department of Justice and Police
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Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Federal Office for Migration, Federal Office of Justice
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Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
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Border Guard Corps
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State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
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Federal Office of Civil Aviation
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Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland
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Federal courts
Federal Intelligence Service, Swiss Army
Cantons / Commun e s
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Police corps and cantonal prosecuting offices
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Conference of Cantonal Justice and Police Directors
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Conference of Cantonal Police Commanders of Switzerland
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Cantonal migration offices
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Communes
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Swiss Police Institute
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Centre of Competence for Forensics and Economic Crime
International partners
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INTERPOL
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Europol
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National SIS point of contact ( SIRENE offices)
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EU
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Police and law enforcement agencies of other countries
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UNO, Council of Europe, OSCE
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International Criminal Court
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fedpol is situated at various locations throughout Bern, the Directorate being
at Nussbaumstrasse 29. The Federal Criminal Police has branch offices in Lausanne,
Lugano and Zurich.
Contac t
For g e n e ral i nformation:
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Bundesamt für Polizei (fedpol)
Nussbaumstrasse 29
CH-3003 Bern
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T +41 (0)58 463 11 23
F +41 (0)58 462 53 04
[email protected]
www.fedpol.ch
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Main Tasks
fedpol conducts criminal investigations, performs
security duties, is actively involved in international police cooperation, carries out administrative tasks and provides
support services. The following pages contain more information on these topics. For the latest information see our
annual report.
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Criminal Police
The Federal Criminal Police conducts fedpol’s criminal
investigations.
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Organised crime
In close collaboration with the Office of the
Attorney General of Switzerland, fedpol fights
transnational organised crime as defined under
Article 260 ter of the Swiss Criminal Code and
provides support in this field to federal and can-
Economic crime
tonal authorities, and to other states.
fedpol assumes responsibility for economic
crime investigations if the case is of great complexity
or of an international and /or interdisciplinary
nature (such as investment fraud). It collaborates
closely with the Office of the Attorney General
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of retreat
• criminal
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•Southeastern
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•Balkans
•West
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• CIS
•Italian
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• financial
centre
• investment
fraud
•embezzlement
•criminal
mismanagement
• document
forgery
State security
of Switzerland, which takes the lead in such cases.
Cases involving state security comprise the following: offences against the state and national security;
• state
security
• malpractice
in office such as corruption
criminal offences against the will of the people
by federal officials or
at federal elections, votes, referendums or initia-
to the detriment of
tives; offences involving explosives; violations
against the War Materials Act, Goods Control Act
or the Atomic Energy Act.
fedpol also investigates: criminal acts involving
the forgery of federal documents and identity documents; hostage-taking incidents with the pur-
the Swiss Confederation
• offences
against the
State
• offences
involving explosives
•espionage
•genocide
pose of coercing federal or foreign authorities;
criminal acts against people and buildings afforded
protection under international law; cases involv­ing corruption by federal officials or to the detriment of the Swiss Confederation.
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cing, fedpol conducts preliminary investigations and
•terrorism
• terrorist
financing
•preliminary
all investigation proceedings by the Office of
investigations
the Attorney General of Switzerland. Using preven-
•investigations
tive means, fedpol and its partners – primarily
the Federal Intelligence Service – keep abreast of
potentially dangerous persons and their associates. fedpol specialists also search for terrorist sup-
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•prevention
• international
co-operation
• Police
Working Group
on Terrorism
• terrorist
propaganda porters on the Internet.
on the Internet
fedpol co-ordinates investigation proceedings,
• organised
ensures the timely exchange of police information
and maintains an international network of contacts.
smuggling
• illegal
smuggling
• illegal
entry and exit
• sexual
exploitation
• exploitation
of labour
For further information see
Paedophile crime
Illegal pornography
Human trafficking / Migrant smuggling, p. 34.
fedpol co-ordinates and assists national and
international proceedings and police operations
relating to sexual acts with children and illegal
pornography (child pornography, violent pornography, pornography involving animals or
Drug trafficking
human excrement).
• Co-ordination
(CYCO)
• paedophile
• illegal
crime
pornography
•preliminary
investigations
• evaluation
of data
For further information see
• analysis
Cybercrime, p. 33.
and video sequences
fedpol supports the federal and cantonal law
• controlled
enforcement agencies and other states in combating drug trafficking.
of pictures
deliveries
•cocaine
•heroin
•cannabis
• synthetic
Unit for Cybercrime Control drugs
• trafficking
of medicines and doping substances
Counterfeit currency
fedpol deals with counterfeit currency offences
subject to federal jurisdiction. It verifies and
registers all forged and falsified banknotes and
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•counterfeiting
•forgery
•banknotes
• adulterated
coins
adulterated coins in circulation.
It also compiles reports to the Office of the
Attorney General of Switzerland regarding the
opening, suspension or delegation of counterfeit currency proceedings.
Preventive tasks include providing advice and
training, issuing warnings, and collaborating closely with banking institutions and private security
Asset recovery
companies.
fedpol applies methods in criminal proceedings to
recover criminal assets. This primarily involves
finding and seizing the financial profits of a crime
gained by criminals or third parties and possibly
•detection
•seizure
•confiscation
•recovery
• criminal
assets
Corruption
subject to confiscation.
fedpol investigates cases of bribery and corruption if the offence has been committed primarily
• slush
funds
•whistle-blowing
abroad or in several cantons. It also investigates cases of bribery against the Swiss Confed-
Illegal trade in
cultural artefacts
eration or involving federal officials.
fedpol provides assistance to federal and cantonal
authorities and to foreign states in combating
• art
theft
• art
trafficking
the illegal trade in cultural artefacts (theft, smuggling, trafficking, forgery and fraud).
It also compiles expert assessments in the field of
classical archaeology.
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agencies in Switzerland and abroad. It co-ordinates
investigation proceedings and ensures the
exchange of information with the cantons, with
international law enforcement agencies,
INTERPOL and Europol in the following fields:
> Organised crime
> Human traffickingl / migrant smuggling
> Paedophile crime / illegal pornography
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•drugs
• paedophile
• illegal
crime
pornography
• human
trafficking
• migrant
smuggling
• organised
crime
• Co-ordination
Unit for Cybercrime Control (CYCO)
•monitoring
•clearing
> Cybercrime
> Drug trafficking
> Trafficking in cultural artefacts
Special operations
and surveillance
> Counterfeit currency
To solve particularly serious offences, fedpol
engages in covert intelligence-gathering and manages witness protection cases. It uses appropriate surveillance methods to monitor people,
objects and activities in public areas. It can
• undercover
• covert
agents
investigations
•forensics
• witness
protection •surveillance
• mobile
facilities
• TIGRIS
deployment also apply technical and electronic surveillance
Manhunts and special
deployment force
methods.
To arrest wanted criminals, fedpol conducts manhunts in Switzerland and abroad on behalf of
various partner agencies. It also operates a speciallyarmed and highly-trained deployment force to
deal with high-risk operations.
force
•manhunt
• specialised
training
police
Analysis
fedpol operates an analysis and report centre
for the following core areas of crime: organised
crime; economic crime; corruption; money
laundering; terrorism. It supports investigations
with operative analyses and preliminary investigations.
fedpol also compiles situation reports and
threat analyses for the Federal Department of
Criminal Police
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• situation
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• strategic
and
operative crime analysis
•preliminary
investigations
•phenomena
• offender
groups
•investigation
approaches
Justice and Police, and law enforcement
agencies.
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Security Police
The Federal Security Service and the International Police
Co-operation Division perform security duties.
Security of people
fedpol works with the cantonal authorities to
ensure the security of federal officials and facilities,
and people and buildings afforded protection
under international law. A variety of measures are
taken to protect heads of state and government,
ministers, royalty, federal councillors, federal
judges, federal parliamentarians and federal officials at special risk. To protect Swiss aircraft in
international commercial aviation, security officers
are recruited, trained and deployed by the police,
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• members
of
government
• foreign
visitors
•aviation
• air
marshals
• ground
marshals
•parliamentarians
• federal
officials
• people
afforded
protection under
international law
• conference
security
• diplomatic
missions
•embassies
•consulates
Security of buildings and facilities
•residences
fedpol is responsible for the structural, technical
and organisational safety and security of federal (civilian) property in Switzerland. Security personnel operate the Interrogation Centre, are
responsible for the security of parliament, and control access to the parliamentary buildings.
It also operates the Federal Alert Centre and conceptualises the alert system for the Federal
• property
security
• property
protection
• federal
councillors’ residences
•Interrogation
Centre
•parliament
• parliamentary
buildings
• Federal
•Swiss
Alert Centre
diplomatic missions abroad
Administration.
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Crisis management
Special Task Force for Hostage-taking
and Blackmail (SOGE)
fedpol’s Special Task Force for Hostage-taking and
Blackmail (SOGE) deals with crisis situations involving blackmail based on criminal acts under fe-
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•blackmail
•kidnapping
deral jurisdiction which therefore compel federal or foreign authorities to act. SOGE follows and
assesses the situation, prepares political decisions for, and requests to the Federal Council, and
presents the Federal Council with proposals for
solving the crisis.
fedpol co-ordinates and manages operations
for dealing with real or impending crises abroad in
which the safety of persons residing in Switzerland is directly or seriously at risk. Examples include:
hostage-taking; blackmail; terror attacks or acts
of sabotage to the detriment of Swiss nationals.
The Crisis Management Section adopts the necessary measures to deal with such crises.
Switzerland’s Disaster Victim Identification Office
is also incorporated into the Crisis Management Section. The office is responsible for identifying Swiss victims of disasters abroad, such as
air crashes or natural disasters.
•kidnapping
•hostage-taking
•blackmail
• terrorist
• acts
attacks
of sabotage
• FDJP
Special Action Committee
•Disaster
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• air
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•earthquakes
•tsunami
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Krisenmanagement
fedpol koordiniert und leitet Tätigkeiten, um
drohende oder eingetretene polizeiliche Krisen zu
bewältigen. Dabei handelt es sich um ausserordentliche (Gefahren-) Lagen im Ausland, in
denen die Sicherheit von Personen mit Wohnsitz
in der Schweiz unmittelbar und /oder schwerwiegend bedroht ist. Beispiele sind Entführungen,
Geiselnahmen, Erpressungen, Terroranschläge
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•Entführung
•Geiselnahme
•Erpressung
•Terroranschläge
•Sabotageakte
•Krisenstab
•Disaster
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Victim
Identification
•Flugzeugabstürze
•Erdbeben
•Tsunami
Schweizer Opfern.
Zur Bewältigung solcher Krisen ist fedpol im
Krisenstab des EJPD und in diversen Vorsorgeplanungen auf Departements- und Bundesebene
vertreten.
Ebenfalls zum Krisenmanagement gehört der
Bereich Disaster Victim Identification Switzerland.
Dabei werden Ereignissen im Ausland bewältigt,
bei denen eine grosse Zahl von Schweizer Opfer
identifiziert werden müssen. Stichworte hierzu sind
Flugzeugabstürze, Erdbeben oder der Tsunami
2004 in Südostasien.
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International Police co - oper ation
The International Police Co-operation Main Division
is responsible for all tasks relating to international
collaboration.
agreements with states that are relevant to the
domestic security of Switzerland, or with which
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surveillance
• controlled
• covert
deliveries
investigations
other co-operation mechanisms are absent or inadequate. The main purpose of these agreements
is to combat transnational crime and avert danger.
The agreements cover issues such as information exchange, surveillance, controlled deliveries
and covert investigations. fedpol has the lead
in negotiating the agreements, which must be ap-
Police and Customs Co-operation
Centres Geneva and Chiasso
proved by parliament.
In close collaboration with other federal and
cantonal administrative units, fedpol operates police
and custom co-operation centres in Geneva and
Chiasso (PCCC) , which facilitate cross-border police
co-operation with France and Italy. The centres
foster the exchange of information and plan or
assist cross-border operations such as joint surveil-
• PCCC
• police
and customs co-operation with France and Italy
•surveillance
measures in border areas
•cross-border
operations
lance. The centres are staffed with police and
customs officers from the three countries concerned.
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Police attachés
Since 1995 fedpol has posted police attachés
(PA) abroad to assist the Swiss police and law en-
forcement authorities in fighting transnational
crime. The network of attachés also helps to
ensure efficient co-operation in the criminal pro-
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• cross
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• transnational
• swift
crime
exchange of information
• network of
contacts
secution of international crime.
Police attachés are deployed primarily for complex or extremely urgent cases that require direct
co-operation or support. The attachés are also
involved if the normal communication and trans-
Schengen
mission channels are likely to be unsuccessful.
Schengen provides for the abolition of systematic
identity checks at the internal borders of the
Schengen member states. At the same time it en-
•Schengen
• identity
• border
checks
checks
• information
exchange sures the Schengen area’s internal security
on stolen or missing through tighter border controls at the external
objects and on missing borders and better international police cooperation. This co-operation comprises:
> the exchange of information in the Schengen Information System SIS on stolen or miss
ing objects, wanted persons or persons with an entry ban
> better judicial co-operation (mutual assistance)
> a common visa policy for short-term stays of
up to three months (Schengen visa)
> measures to combat the misuse of arms and narcotics
persons or persons subject to an entry ban
•Schengen
Information System SIS
•Visa
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Europol
Europol is a key EU institution in the fight against
organised crime, terrorism and other forms of
serious global crime. Since 2006, when the co-op­eration agreement between Switzerland and
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•terrorism
• exchange
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• PA
Europol came into force, co-operation has intensified. fedpol and its police attachés in The Hague
act as contact point between Switzerland and
Europol, guaranteeing a prompt transmission of
INTERPOL
information.
International co-operation on fighting crime takes
place primarily through INTERPOL . fedpol acts
• INTERPOL
• global
international police co-operation
as National Central Bureau (NCB) and ensures liai-
•National
son between cantonal and federal agencies,
Bureau NCB
foreign NCB s and INTERPOL’s General Secretariat.
INTERPOL’s core task is the exchange of police
Central • exchange
of police data to
–prosecute and information in order to prevent and solve crime, to
prevent crime
arrest offenders and to find missing persons.
–enforce measures
–search for missing
persons
–identify unknown persons
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international co-operation on fighting crime.
It partakes in the relevant committees of the UN ,
OSCE , the Council of Europe and in other mul-
tilateral organisations, and helps to promote Switzerland’s interests in negotiations of resolu-
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• OSCE
• Council
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• cross-border
crime fighting
• negotiation
of resolutions and conventions
tions and conventions. Through strategic and operational working groups fedpol’s know-how is
incorporated firsthand into international efforts
Central European Police Academy CEPA
to improve co-operation in crime fighting.
The Central European Police Academy (CEPA)
comprises eight member states. To foster transnational police co-operation and thus fight crime
effectively, Switzerland has participated since 1995
both financially and with human resources in
various training measures by CEPA. fedpol represents Switzerland in CEPA’s committees, develops strategies with other member states, co-ordinates CEPA’s activities, collaborates in the
conceptual field of training and, together with
the various police corps and Border Guard
Corps, provides speakers and lecturers for training
modules.
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• cross-border
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Administrative And Support Services
fedpol‘s administrative and support services are provided
by the following organisational units: International Police
Co-operation Division, Federal Criminal Police Division, Services
Division, Directorate Staff Office and Resources Division.
sives and pyrotechnical devices sold and used
in Switzerland. It enforces the pertinent legislation,
issues import and manufacturing licences, and
checks adherence to compliance requirements.
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•trade
•licences
• pyrotechnical
objects
•explosives
• market
control
fedpol also operates a database on all incidents in
Switzerland involving explosives and pyrotechnical devices, and provides other agencies and
private individuals with advice.
Firearms
fedpol provides the cantons, the customs authorities and the Border Guard Corps with assistance in
enforcing firearms legislation. It operates various
databases and is the central office for information exchange with the Schengen member states.
•firearms
•ammunition
• verification
•licences
• information
systems (databases)
fedpol also issues import licences for firearms,
• contact
firearms components and ammunition as well as
• exams
licences for exporting certain weapons to the
of
firearm categories
office
for arms
carriers and traders
Schengen member states. It issues arms licences to
airline security personnel, exemptions for prohibited ammunition and replacement certificates
for foreign nationals. In addition, fedpol carries out type checks on semi-automatic firearms,
assesses weapons and advises private individuals.
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fedpol assists the cantons and cities in fighting
entry bans and expel foreign nationals in consultation with the Federal Intelligence Service. En-
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To safeguard national security, fedpol can impose
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• SIS
• entry
bans
•removals
try bans are imposed primarily on persons associated with terrorism, violent extremism or espionage. Temporary entry bans can also be imposed
on individuals for events where there is a risk
of disturbance, such as the World Economic Forum
or skinhead concerts.
violence at sporting events. It operates the
• HOOGAN
• NFIP
• violence
HOOGAN database, acts as National Football In-
events
formation Point and functions as Single Point
• exit
of Contact at international sporting events
in which Switzerland participates. It can transmit
data from the HOOGAN database to event organisers, impose exit bans on troublemakers and
exchange police information at large-scale
sporting events such as the European or World
Football Championships.
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crime Control (CYCO) whose task is to identify
online crime (monitoring), to ensure no doubletracking in law enforcement (clearing) and
to investigate the phenomenon of cybercrime
(analysis).
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•forensics
• paedophile
• illegal
crime
pornography
•monitoring
•clearing
• social
networks
CYCO ’s primary tasks are to monitor the Internet,
to accept reports from the public in Switzerland and abroad of suspicious Internet content,
to investigate and locate the authorship of
illegal Internet content in order to establish geographical jurisdiction, and to compile files on
suspects for transmission to national and international law enforcement agencies.
For further information see
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Human trafficking / Migrant smuggling
fedpol operates the permanent office of the Coordination Unit against Trafficking in Human Beings
and Smuggling of Migrants (KSMM). The KSMM
brings together all federal and cantonal agencies
and offices, as well as NGO s and inter-governmental
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• organised
smuggling
• smuggling
• illegal
crime
entry and exit
• Council
of Europe Convention
• national
co-ordination unit
organisations involved in fighting human traffick-
• co-operation
ing. It ensures uniform action against this form
mechanisms
of crime by developing anti-trafficking strategies
and instruments, by connecting players and by
compiling analyses. The permanent office ensures
the exchange of information between the members
• round
tables
• sexual
exploitation
• exploitation
• removal
of labour
of organs
• KSMM
of the Co-ordination Unit, and is national and international point of contact. The permanent office
also co-ordinates federal representation in expert committees and supports public relations work.
For further information see
Money laundering
Human trafficking/ Migrant smuggling, p.16.
fedpol operates the Money Laundering Reporting
Office Switzerland (MROS). MROS is the natio-
• money
laundering
• MROS
•financial
nal central office for receiving, processing and
intermediaries
analysing suspicious activity reports from financial
• terrorist
intermediaries on money laundering or terrorist
financing. If necessary, it forwards the reports
to law enforcement agencies for further investigation. MROS also functions as an interface
between financial centres and law enforcement
agencies. Furthermore, MROS is a member of
the Egmont Group, which fosters the exchange of
information amongst the reporting offices. It
is also a member of the Swiss delegation to the
Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
financing
• predicate
offence
• FATF
•Egmont
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Operations Centre / SIRENE
fedpol’s 24-hour Operations Centre is the contact
office for national and international partners
and Single Point of Contact for all crime communi-
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• fedpol
Operations Centre
•Supplementary
Information REquest
cations from INTERPOL , Europol and the Schengen
at the National Entry member states. In emergencies fedpol initiates
(SIRENE)
operational measures, especially relating to crossborder surveillance or other police operations.
It is also the national central office for Switzerland’s
child abduction alert. The SIRENE office, which
is incorporated into the Operations Centre, processes and co-ordinates all Schengen alerts
• SIS
•Interpol
ASF and I-24/7
• SPOC
• contact
office
•Schengen
• criminal
alerts
reports
• immediate
• child
measures
abduction alert
Search databases
and hits in the SIS database.
fedpol is responsible for operating the national
police databases RIPOL , JANUS and IPAS , and for
training their users. The automated alert system
RIPOL comprises databases on wanted persons,
stolen or missing vehicles or objects, and unsolved
• JANUS
• RIPOL
• SIS
•Interpol
• police
databases
• alerts
on wanted crime, thus ensuring a swift and uniform search
persons
throughout Switzerland.
• alerts
fedpol is also responsible for operating and devel-
ASF and I-24/7
• IPAS
on missing or
stolen objects
• unsolved
crime
oping the Schengen Information System (SIS),
and ensuring the SIS interface. Furthermore, it coordinates between the EU and its national
partners.
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Biometric identification
In their day-to-day work federal, cantonal and
municipal police corps, the Border Guard Corps, the
Federal Office for Migration and the Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs all need to be able to
establish a person’s identity quickly and beyond
doubt. Various biometric data can be used to
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• AFIS
• CODIS
• DNA
•forensics
• laboratory
supervision
•traces
• DNA
profiles
•fingerprints
establish a person’s identity: fingerprint and palm
print recognition, edge-of-the-hand prints and
DNA profiles. fedpol processes these data using the
Automated Fingerprint Identification System
(AFIS) and the DNA database CODIS . These data-
bases enable the authorities to identify living
and deceased persons, and crime suspects. The databases also allow the authorities to establish
links between DNA prints, fingerprints and differ-
Identity documents
ent crimes.
fedpol is responsible for the Swiss passport and
identity card, and the development of these documents. It is also in charge of the information
database on identity documents ( ISA database),
monitors the enforcement of statutory provisions and issues directives for uniform issuance procedures. A hotline is available for queries from
the public.
• passport
and
identity cards
• identity
and
legitimation
documents
•e-passport
• ISA
database
• reference
collection
and Legitimation Documents (KILA). It also main-
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• KILA
• identity
tains the ARKILA reference collection contain-
ARKILA
ing identity and legitimation documents from all
• FRAUDE
over the world. Furthermore, it operates the
database FRAUDE containing information from
the cantons and Border Guard Corps on document forgery and misuse, which serves as a source
for forgery statistics. Moreover, fedpol operates
document reference collection database
• international
identity and legitimation documents
• misuse
and forgery
of documents
• FADO
the EU database FADO (False and Authentic Database Online) and is Single Point of Contact for
the exchange of digital certificates relating to e-
Search for missing
persons
passports and other electronic travel documents.
On behalf of relatives, authorities and relief organisations, fedpol searches for people missing in
• reuniting
adopted children with their biological parents
Switzerland and abroad as well as the relatives of
•Swiss
Swiss nationals who have fallen ill or met with
who become ill or
an accident abroad.
nationals
meet with an
accident abroad
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is fedpol’s competence centre for all legal and data
protection matters. The section manages legislation projects, issues entry bans and removal orders,
confiscates violent propaganda, and carries out
inspections. It advises the Directorate and other
fedpol divisions on personnel matters, contract law
and procurement law, develops management
tools for the Directorate and represents fedpol in
legal disputes.
The Data and Information Protection Office deals
with requests from private individuals for information and for the deletion of data from fedpol’s
databases. It advises fedpol staff on matters of
data and information protection, and is involved in
the data and information protection aspects of
fedpol’s IT projects.
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• legislation
projects
on federal police law
• entry
bans
• removal
orders
• confiscation
of violent
propaganda
•inspections
• legal
advice
• personnel
• requests
matters
for
information and
deletion of data
services in the areas of:
> HR management
> financial planning, controlling and reporting
> budget management
> economic analyses
> process management
> logistics
> post service
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•staff
•finances
•controlling
•technology
•procurement
•logistics
•post
•telephone
• office
automation
• printed
papers
• vehicle
service
• economic
analyses
> company vehicle service
> occupational health and safety
> building security
> procurement
> reception
> contract management
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internal and external services, including:
> official tasks and political affairs
> strategy, office planning, control of targets
Communication and Media
> archiving and documentation
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The Directorate Staff Office provides various
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•strategy
• office
planning
•targets
• official
tasks
• political
affairs
•archiving
•documentation
> translations
•translations
The Communication and Media Service provides the
• media
public with information on fedpol. It replies to
inquiries from the media, publishes fedpol’s annual
report, and manages fedpol’s website and other
online services. It also advises the director and the
management on communication matters, is responsible for internal communication and organises
events.
work
•Internet/intranet
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report
•internal
communication
•events
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PART 3
GlossarY
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Glossary
The Federal Office of Police fedpol
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Glossary
AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification
System
IPAS
Air TIGER (armed security officer
Marshal on board Swiss civilian aircraft)
IPCInternational Police Co-operation
Division
ARKILA Reference collection of worldwide
identity and legitimation documents
ISAInformation system on identity
documents
ASF INTERPOL’s international search
database
I-24 / 7 INTERPOL’s global communication
network
CCFEC Competence Centre for Forensics and
Economic Crime
JANUSInformation system of the Federal
Criminal Police
CEPACentral European Police Academy
KILA Co-ordination Unit for Identity and
Legitimation Documents
CISCommonwealth of Independent States
CODIS Combined DNA Index System
CYCOCo-ordination Unit for Cybercrime
Control
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Europol European Police Office (EU’s criminal
intelligence agency)
FADO
False and Authentic Database Online
FATF Financial Action Task Force on
Money Laundering
FCP Federal Criminal Police
FDJP
Federal Department of Justice and
Police
FOX Ground marshals (unarmed security
personnel for security checks at foreign
airports)
Fedpol database on people, file
reference and administrative systems
KSMMCo-ordination Unit against Trafficking
in Human Beings and Smuggling of
Migrants
MROS
Money Laundering Reporting Office
Switzerland
NFIP
National Football Information Point
OC
Operations Centre
PA
Police Attaché
PCCC Police and Customs Co-operation
Centre
RIPOL
National database on wanted or
missing persons and stolen or missing
objects
SCC
Swiss Criminal Code
SIRENE
Supplementary Information Request
at the National Entry
FRAUDE Database on forged and misused
documents
SIS
Schengen Information System
FSS SOGE
Special Task Force for Hostage-taking
and Blackmail
SPI
Swiss Police Institute
SPOC
Single Point of Contact
Federal Security Service
Ground FOX (unarmed security officer
Marshal for security checks at airports/on the
ground)
HOOGAN Information system for combating
violence at sporting events
TIGERAir marshals (armed security personnel
on board Swiss commercial aircraft)
IDIdentity card
VISVisa Information System
INTERPOLInternational Criminal Police
Organisation
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The Federal Office of Police
fedpol
An ove rview
Criminal Police
Security Police
International Police
Co-operation
FEDERAL OFFICE OF POLICE
fedpol
CH-3003 Bern
Telephone +41 (0)58 463 11 23
info @fedpol.admin.ch
www.fedpol.ch
Administrative and
Support Services