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31 articles on safety and crime, newest first.

• More than 80% of thefts in Switzerland involve people with foreign passports.

  Last year 7,956 people were convicted of theft in Switzerland.

• Cyber risks: Swiss SMEs underestimate the dangers

  A VZ-HSLU analysis indicates that cyber incidents are the top global risk: nearly 58'000 digital crimes in Switzerland in 2025.

• KillSec: three arrests and 110 terabytes of stolen data

  Three arrests, eight searches and five servers seized: the operation against KillSec recovered at least 110 terabytes of stolen data.

• KillSec: hacker network dismantled, Switzerland involved

  International operation against KillSec: three arrests, five servers seized and 110 terabytes of stolen data recovered. Swiss investigations ongoing.

• KillSec dismantled: 110 TB of data seized

  An international operation on September 30, 2026 dismantled KillSec's network, arrested three people, carried out eight searches in Spain, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Romania, and seized five servers.

• Medicine shortages: 700 products at risk in Switzerland

  Drugshortage.ch reports 67 medicines in critical shortage involving 42 active ingredients. The National Council supports the counterproposal.

• FIDES Exercise 26: Police and Army in Bern

  The cooperation between the police and the army in the FIDES 26 exercise in the canton of Bern has mobilized about 180 agents and a thousand soldiers.

• Salt: cyber attack and theft of mobile customer data

  The Salt telephone operator victim of a cyber-attack. Personal data of some mobile customers in Switzerland was stolen. The Federal Appointee has been notified.

• Drone defense in Switzerland: the exercise in Bern kicks off

  A four-day joint exercise starts in the Canton of Bern dedicated to the protection of critical infrastructure and power plants from unmanned aircraft.

• Army and police train infrastructure protection

  A four-day joint exercise focused on defending critical infrastructure against drones is underway in the Canton of Bern.

• Chief of the Army: Switzerland Russia's target

  Army chief Benedikt Roos warns: Switzerland is in Moscow's crosshairs. Hybrid threats to critical infrastructure, drones on military sites, and gaps in missile defense.

• Slab Naturalization: requirements and procedure

  How to become a Swiss citizen in Solothurn: years of residence, language and integration tests, municipal taxes and process times.

• Junge Tat trial: Prosecutor asks for conviction, acquittal defense

  Six members of the far-right group 'Junge Tat' appeared before the Zurich justice on charges of discrimination and incitement to hatred.

• Police intervention in Goldach: no gunfire

  After the police intervention in Goldach at a high school: 300 people evacuated due to pyrotechnic noises mistaken for gunshots.

• Bondo process, the defense criticizes the Prosecutor

  Second day of the 2017 landslide trial. The defense criticizes the gaps in the evidence of the Public Prosecutor's Office and attributes to the Municipality the responsibility for the safety of the trails.

• Naturalization in the Canton of Basel Countryside: requirements and procedure

  The naturalisation process in the Canton of Basel-Country: required years, integration and language tests, fees to be paid and duration of the procedure.

• Earthquake in Indonesia: the number of victims rises to 68

  Earthquake in Indonesia: the number of victims rises to 68. Severe shortages of personnel and medicines aggravate the health crisis in the affected areas.

• Cyberattack on Stadler Rail: alleged hacker on trial in Zurich

  A trial in Zurich against an alleged Ukrainian hacker accused of hacking companies, including Stadler Rail.

• Tragic road accident in Amlikon-Bissegg: 18-year-old dies

  An eighteen-year-old motorcyclist died in hospital following the very serious injuries sustained in the collision between her motorcycle and a van.

• Avoid the fine with 20 francs: 61-year-old convicted in Zurich

  A passenger tried to bribe a railway controller with a 20-franc note to avoid a penalty. Now he faces a heavy criminal sentence.

• Several stops thanks to automated vehicle search

  The system introduced in 2024 contributed to the arrest of one suspect and several other arrests.

• The earthquake's toll rises: 281 dead and about 4,000 injured

  The magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit Colombia, causing damage and casualties.

• Accident with an agricultural vehicle, death of a 9-year-old child

  A 9-year-old boy died in an accident with an agricultural vehicle in the Aosta Valley, Switzerland.

• More VS: agricultural vehicle goes off the road, nine-year-old child dies

  A nine-year-old boy died on Tuesday following a car accident in Chandonne, Valais.