Federal Act
on Foreign Nationals and Integration
(Foreign Nationals and Integration Act, FNIA)¹

¹ Any per­son who:

a.

in Switzer­land or abroad, fa­cil­it­ates the un­law­ful entry or de­par­ture or the un­law­ful peri­od of stay in Switzer­land of a for­eign na­tion­al or as­sists a for­eign na­tion­al to pre­pare for the same;

a^bis.⁴⁵⁴

from with­in Switzer­land fa­cil­it­ates the un­law­ful entry or de­par­ture or the un­law­ful peri­od of stay in a Schen­gen State of a for­eign na­tion­al or as­sists a for­eign na­tion­al to pre­pare for the same;

b.

finds em­ploy­ment for a for­eign na­tion­al in Switzer­land without the re­quired per­mit;

c.⁴⁵⁵

fa­cil­it­ates the entry of a for­eign na­tion­al who has left Switzer­land or the in­ter­na­tion­al trans­it zone of the air­ports in­to the sov­er­eign ter­rit­ory of an­oth­er state in vi­ol­a­tion of the entry pro­vi­sions ap­plic­able there or as­sists that for­eign na­tion­al in pre­par­ing for such entry.

is li­able on con­vic­tion to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² …⁴⁵⁶

³ The pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty if the of­fend­er:⁴⁵⁷

a.

acts in­ten­tion­ally for their own or an­oth­er's un­law­ful fin­an­cial gain; or

b.

acts for an as­so­ci­ation or group that was formed for the pur­pose of the con­tin­ued per­pet­ra­tion of this of­fence.