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With 27’901 incoming reports, 15,141 SARs, 1,043 notifications to the prosecution authorities and 780 enquiries from 96 FIUs, 2024 was another record year for the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland MROS. You can read how it is dealing with this ever-increasing volume of data and redoubling its efforts in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing in its 2024 Annual Report.
Whether it is cybercriminals stealing bank customers’ data in real time, terrorist financing through cryptocurrencies or the radicalisation of minors online: the digital world offers serious criminals novel options in addition to the tried and tested ones. The victims are not bits and pixels, but people. In an ever more interconnected world, it is crucial that the police also work collaboratively. Sharing knowledge and information both at home and abroad is paramount. This is how fedpol fights crime. Find out more in the 2024 Annual Report.
10 persons were arrested in Switzerland on suspicion of distributing and exploiting child abuse material. Switzerland was thereby participating in the global operation Stream, coordinated by Europol
Fraudulent emails posing as the police are currently circulating. The senders impersonate various police authorities as well as individuals. Calls in the name of fake authorities (police, customs) are occurring with increasing frequency.
Please do not reply to these emails, and do not respond to requests made by telephone. Report them to the NCSC.