Organised crime has infiltrated Switzerland’s justice system, and police resources are insufficient to effectively combat it, warns Nicoletta della Valle, director of the Federal Office of Police (Fedpol). Approximately 60 investigations are currently underway in Switzerland, thanks to the encrypted communication service for criminals, Sky ECC. This service was cracked by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) in 2021. According to Fedpol chief, these investigations involve matters related to “cocaine, cannabis, synthetic drugs, and weapons”. +Switzerland, an unsuspected hub for international cocaine trafficking “Fedpol is investigating 15 of these,” said della Valle in an interview with the Swiss newspaper group Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), which was published on Wednesday. “However, we have only analysed 20% of the extensive data so far. We simply don't have the resources, and time is running out: the older the data, the less valuable it becomes.” ...
