fedpol 2025 Annual Report: A year dedicated to combating organised crime
Bern, 16.04.2026 — The 2025 Annual Report is now available online. It features cases, operations and statistics relating to the work of the Federal Office of Police (fedpol), with a particular focus on the fight against organised crime and its various forms.
Human traffickers who exploit their victims in the sex industry; criminal organisations that launder illicit funds by investing in property and luxury goods; cybercriminals who specifically target Swiss websites; young people who are recruited via social media to commit crimes – organised crime has many faces, and fedpol takes decisive action against it.
This is illustrated by the cases featured in detail in the 2025 Annual Report, which also describes fedpol’s cooperation with partner agencies, outlines key tools used in police work, and looks at how the fight against organised crime continues in 2026. For example, a national action plan to combat organised crime is to be drawn up by the end of the year.
The international search for wanted persons, state visits and parcel bombs
Besides combating organised crime, fedpol is active in other areas of Switzerland’s internal security.
- An internationally wanted suspect living under various aliases in several European countries was identified and arrested thanks to information held in reliable biometric information systems.
- Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions, Switzerland faces particular challenges as a diplomatic hub: in 2025, fedpol and its partner agencies provided protection to 1,305 persons under international law.
- Following incidents of blackmail and bomb attacks in Geneva’s watchmaking sector, fedpol and Geneva Cantonal Police formed a joint task force, which worked with experts from Europol to identify the perpetrators. The use of modern analytical tools to track cryptocurrency transactions played a key role in the success of the investigation.
These and other examples demonstrate how national and international cooperation is key to effective policing. This is also borne out by the figures in the 2025 Annual Report: thousands of searches in the Schengen Information System, several hundred entry bans, and over 20,000 suspicious activity reports relating to money laundering, financing terrorism and funds of criminal origin.
You can find the fedpol 2025 Annual Report here: https://fedpol.report/en/