The Home Run 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Listen Live

Search

Mafia very active in Switzerland

Wednesday, 27 October 2021 04:00

Pixabay

Mafia activity is widespread across Switzerland and more concentrated in German speaking areas than Ticino.

Figures from the Federal Police Office published by the Aargauer Zeitung shows authorities have been aware of mafiosi settling around Lake Zurich for many years.

More evidence is surfacing about violent acts by the criminal gang. A triple murder in Basel in 1992 was first classed as a domestic dispute. Now police suspect it may be mafia related. 

A federal police operation filmed several mafia members meeting in Frauenfeld in canton Thurgau, disguised as a sporting meeting. 

 The scale of the mafia in Switzerland has been underestimated in recent years, according to the government.

The head of the Federal Police Office, Nicoletta della Valle, says more international cooperation is needed to tackle organised crime. 

Share

More from Bitesize News

  • Geneva could foot the G7 bill

    Geneva fears it will be left with the security bill from a G7 summit just across the border in Évian, according to 24 heures.

  • US NGO discovers Swiss child abuse cases

    Switzerland relies too heavily on an American NGO to detect child sexual abuse online, raising questions about the country's ability to protect children on its own.

  • French singer banned by Paleo

    The Paléo Festival in Nyon says it will no longer invite French singer Patrick Bruel, after a former volunteer accused him of inappropriate behaviour.

  • Cars going uninspected

    The cantons are struggling to keep up with mandatory vehicle inspections, leaving more than 550,000 checks overdue nationwide.

  • War may lead to rent rises

    Rents may rise again, says the bank Raiffeisen.

  • Not a heatwave, yet

    Summer has arrived, with temperatures climbing past 30 over the long weekend. Basel reached 31 and Sion hit 32.4, but MeteoSwiss, says this does not yet count as an official heatwave.

Follow WRS

Download our app

  • Available on the App Store
  • Available on Google Play