French criminal networks are recruiting teenagers on Snapchat and TikTok to break into Swiss gun shops and feed the black market across the border
Switzerland's federal police counted 39 burglaries at armouries between January and the end of August, 22 of them failed attempts.
The young recruits are paid cash and threatened with reprisals if they refuse — a form of crime on demand that is keeping Swiss gun stores under constant pressure.
Crans Montana fire warning ignored
New evidence in the Crans-Montana fire inquiry shows the bar's operators warned their own staff about the danger of firework candles, then kept using them anyway
Vaud financial support in question
Three-quarters of the Vaud companies that received state financial support in 2025 did not actually need it to carry out their projects, a damning audit by the cantonal Court of Audit has found
US voting deadline approaching
Americans living in Switzerland have less than a month to vote in the US midterms on 3 November
Man wins Lausanne court case
The Federal Court has struck down the Ville de Genève's rule forcing city employees to live near the capital
SBB reports increase in incidents
Staff on Switzerland's rail network face around ten incidents of abuse or threat every working day, with insults, racist comments and physical attacks all on the rise since the pandemic
Households feeling the financial strain
Even middle-class Swiss households say they are struggling to make ends meet, with 89% of Swiss now tracking spending every month
