Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall ter­min­ate the op­er­a­tion im­me­di­ately if:

a.

the re­quire­ments are no longer met;

b.

au­thor­isa­tion or an ex­ten­sion there­of is re­fused; or

c.

the un­der­cov­er in­vest­ig­at­or or the com­mand­ing of­ficer fails to fol­low in­struc­tions or fails to carry out his or her du­ties in some oth­er way, in par­tic­u­lar by wil­fully provid­ing false in­form­a­tion to the pub­lic pro­sec­utor.

² In cases un­der para­graph 1 let­ters a and c, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall no­ti­fy the com­puls­ory meas­ures court of the ter­min­a­tion of the op­er­a­tion.

³ When ter­min­at­ing an op­er­a­tion, it must be en­sured that neither the un­der­cov­er in­vest­ig­at­or nor any third parties in­volved in the in­vest­ig­a­tion are ex­posed to any avoid­able risks.