Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who provides polit­ic­al in­tel­li­gence-gath­er­ing ser­vices or or­gan­ises such ser­vices in the in­terest of a for­eign state, a for­eign party or any oth­er for­eign or­gan­isa­tion, to the det­ri­ment of Switzer­land or its cit­izens, in­hab­it­ants or or­gan­isa­tions,

any per­son who re­cruits oth­ers for or fa­cil­it­ates such ser­vices,

is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. In ser­i­ous cases, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year. A ser­i­ous case is con­sti­tuted, in par­tic­u­lar, where the of­fend­er in­cites activ­it­ies or makes false re­ports such that the in­tern­al or ex­tern­al se­cur­ity of the Con­fed­er­a­tion is threatened.