Swiss Criminal Code

¹ The Fed­er­al Of­fice of Po­lice co­ordin­ates the ex­change of po­lice in­form­a­tion for the in­vest­ig­a­tion and pro­sec­u­tion of­fences and for the ex­e­cu­tion of sen­tences and meas­ures.

² It may trans­mit po­lice in­form­a­tion for the pur­pose of pre­vent­ing of­fences if there are spe­cif­ic in­dic­a­tions that there is a ser­i­ous prob­ab­il­ity of a felony or mis­de­mean­our be­ing com­mit­ted.

³ It may co­ordin­ate the ex­change of in­form­a­tion re­lat­ing to searches for miss­ing per­sons and for the iden­ti­fic­a­tion of un­known per­sons.

⁴ In the in­terest of pre­vent­ing and in­vest­ig­at­ing of­fences, the Fed­er­al Of­fice of Po­lice may re­ceive and provide in­form­a­tion from and to private in­di­vidu­als if this is in the in­terests of the per­sons con­cerned and their con­sent has been giv­en or may be as­sumed in the cir­cum­stances.