Federal criminal police
The Federal Criminal Police (BKP) ( French Police judiciaire fédérale , Italian Polizia giudiziaria federale ) carries out preliminary investigations and judicial investigations in Switzerland for those areas which are within the competence of the federal government .
tasks
It investigates in the area of organized crime , violations of the Narcotics Act and white-collar crime under the direction of the Federal Prosecutor's Office . The BKP also coordinates cross- cantonal and international investigations.
organization
The BKP is subordinate to the Federal Office of Police (fedpol) and has no uniformed police officers . It is organized into four business areas, each with three sub-departments:
- Division 1: Branch investigations
- Investigations Lausanne (2 commissariats)
- Investigations Zurich (3 commissioner's offices)
- Investigations Lugano (2 commissariats)
- Division 2: Investigations Middle
- Investigations in Bern (4 commissariats)
- State security investigations (2 "State Security" commissariats, 2 "Mutual Legal Aid" commissariats)
- Terrorism investigations (2 commissariats)
- Division 3: Investigations Special Operations
- Investigations forensics, IT (3 commissariats)
- Investigations special operations (central VP management, undercover investigations, witness protection)
- Observation (4 commissariats)
- Business Area 4: Investigation, Analysis and Coordination
- Analysis (2 “Analysis” commissariat, “Operative crime analysis” commissariat, “Criminal Intelligence” commissariat)
- Coordination (7 commissariats: CYCO clearing, CYCO monitoring, pedophilia / pornography, narcotics, human trafficking / people smuggling, general, organized and financial crime, counterfeit money)
- Command ("Operation and Planning" Commissariat, " Target Search / Task Force " commissariat )
See also
Web links
- Police duties at federal level
- Main Department of the Federal Criminal Police ( Memento from August 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )