Switzerland – a new criminal investigation for sanctions breaches and a further SECO fine

It is being reported today that the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has commenced a criminal prosecution in a case handed to it from SECO.

Neither the name of the company involved, nor the sector, nor the alleged offences have been made public.

It is also being reported that the Office of the Attorney General has rejected a second case referred to it by SECO.

The same report quotes SECO as saying that it has received 240 reports of possible sanctions breaches and had imposed 10 penalties. As in our earlier post , last month SECO was quoted as saying it had imposed 9 fines, indicating that a further fine has been imposed since. No further details are known of this fine.

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