Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who takes pos­ses­sion of, ac­cepts as a gift or as the sub­ject of a pledge, con­ceals, or as­sists in the dis­pos­al of goods which he knows or must as­sume have been ac­quired by way of an of­fence against prop­erty shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

The of­fend­er shall be li­able to the pen­alty ap­plic­able to the ori­gin­al of­fence if that pen­alty is re­duced.

If the ori­gin­al of­fence is pro­sec­uted only on com­plaint, the hand­ling of stolen goods is pro­sec­uted only if a com­plaint has been made in re­spect of the ori­gin­al of­fence.

2. If the of­fend­er acts for com­mer­cial gain, a cus­todi­al sen­tence of from six months to ten years shall be im­posed.²¹⁹