Services responsible
- Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) and cantonal intelligence services (CISs)
- Cantonal and communal police services and members of cantonal threat management teams
- State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) and cantonal migration services
- Federal Office of Police fedpol
Instruments available
FIS:
- Identification and prevention of terrorist threats
- Analysis of intelligence on terrorist activities
- Research and information gathering from open and intelligence sources
- Preventive dialogue
- Awareness-raising in prisons
- Preparation of reports for the Office of the Atorney General of Switzerland (OAG), SEM and fedpol
- Request to fedpol for preventive police measures (Federal Act on Police Measures for Fighting Terrorism PMT) outside of criminal proceedings or after completion of a penal or correctional sentence, including:
- an obligation to report to the police and participate in preventive dialogue (Art. 23k Internal Security Act ISA)
- a contact ban (Art. 23l ISA)
- a restriction or exclusion order (Art. 23m ISA)
- a ban on leaving the country (Art. 23n ISA)
- house arrest (Art. 23o ISA)
- electronic surveillance and mobile phone localisation (Art. 23g ISA)
- Alert in the RIPOL database or the Schengen Information System (SIS) for specific checks or discreet surveillance
Cantons:
- Cantonal threat management
- Instruments and measures based on cantonal police law to identify criminal offences
- Threat prevention by the police
- Request to fedpol for preventive police measures (Federal Act on Police Measures for Fighting Terrorism PMT) outside of criminal proceedings or after completion of a penal or correctional sentence (see ‘FIS: Request to fedpol’ above)
fedpol:
- Entry ban and removal of foreign nationals who pose a threat to internal or external security: the FIS must confirm the measure in advance
- Alert in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for specific checks or discreet surveillance
Cooperation with SEM and cantonal migration offices:
- Refusal/revocation of asylum/residence permits
- Refusal of a visa
- Refusal to grant Swiss citizenship
- Revocation of Swiss citizenship for dual citizens
- Measures under the law on foreign nationals, such as restriction and exclusion orders
- Detention in preparation for departure of foreign nationals who pose a threat to Switzerland’s internal or external security (Art. 75 para. 1 let. i in conjunction with Art. 76 para. 1 let. b No 1 Foreign Nationals and Integration Act FNIA)
- SEM can also contribute to the early detection of cases that may be relevant to internal or external security and report these cases to its security partners (FIS, fedpol)
Close cooperation between the federal and cantonal security services concerned with operational coordination under TETRA (Terrorist Tracking)
Last modification 05.06.2024