The Federal Office of Police (Fedpol, german: Bundesamt für Polizei, french: Office fédéral de la police, it, Ufficio federale di polizia, rm, Uffizi federal da polizia) of

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

is subject to the

Federal Department of Justice and Police The Federal Department of Justice and Police (german: Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement, french: Département fédéral de justice et police, it, Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia, rm, ) is one of the seven departme ...

. It is responsible for the coordination between

cantonal police The cantonal police (french: Police cantonale, german: Kantonspolizei, it, Polizia cantonale, rm, Polizia chantunala) are the law enforcement agencies for each of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. Law enforcement in Switzerland is mainly a respon ...

corps and between Swiss and foreign police forces. It also controls the Swiss internal intelligence agency, ''Dienst für Analyse und Prävention'' (DAP; Analysis and Prevention Service) and investigates

organised crime Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...

money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdictions ...

and

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

. Fedpol publishes a yearly report on domestic security. Its investigative arm is the

Federal Criminal Police Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

, which operates a small special operations unit—

Task Force TIGRIS The ''Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS'' ( en, Task Force TIGRIS, french: Groupe d'intervention TIGRIS, it, gruppo d'intervento TIGRIS) is a specialized tactical police unit belonging to the Federal Criminal Police, the investigative arm of the Swiss Feder ...

—whose existence was not made public until 2009.

Organisation

* Directorate and Staff * International Police Cooperation Bureau (

INTERPOL The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

Bureau) * Federal Criminal Police ** Swiss Coordination Unit for Cybercrime Control (CYCO) **

* Services ** AFIS/DNA Services Division ** Identity Documents and Special Tasks Division ** ICT Management and Services Division ** National Police Information Systems Division * Federal Security Service ** Security of Persons Division ― Dignitary Protection and Security of Foreign Missions and Foreign Visitor Protection and Aviation Security. ** Building Security Division - Property Security Section, Property Protection Section and Management Support Division. * Resources Group

External links

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Yearly reports
(1999–present) {{DEFAULTSORT:Police Federal Department of Justice and Police Federal offices of Switzerland Federal law enforcement agencies of Switzerland National Central Bureaus of Interpol

Organisation

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