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Swiss security agency
The
Federal Office of Police
(
Fedpol
,
[1]
German
:
Bundesamt fur Polizei
,
French
:
Office federal de la police
,
Italian
:
Ufficio federale di polizia
,
Romansh
:
Uffizi federal da polizia
) of
Switzerland
is subject to the
Federal Department of Justice and Police
. It is responsible for the coordination between
cantonal police
corps and between Swiss and foreign police forces. It also controls the Swiss
internal intelligence agency
,
Dienst fur Analyse und Pravention
(DAP; Analysis and Prevention Service) prior to being transferred to the
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
in 2008.
[2]
and investigates
organised crime
,
money laundering
and
terrorism
.
[1]
Fedpol publishes a yearly report on domestic security. Its investigative arm is the
Federal Criminal Police
, which operates a small special operations unit?
Task Force TIGRIS
?whose existence was not made public until 2009.
Scandals
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On June 3, 2023, hackers have stolen data from Fedpol servers and published them on the Darknet.
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Organisation
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Fedpol is structured as of 2023 with the following units:
[4]
- Directorate and Staff
- International Police Cooperation Bureau (
INTERPOL
Bureau)
[1]
- Federal Criminal Police
- Services
- AFIS/DNA Services Division
- Identity Documents and Special Tasks Division
- ICT Management and Services Division
- National Police Information Systems Division
- Federal Security Service
- Security of Persons Division ― Dignitary Protection and Security of Foreign Missions and Foreign Visitor Protection and Aviation Security.
- Building Security Division - Property Security Section, Property Protection Section and Management Support Division.
- Resources Group
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