Welcome to the website of the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police!
On these pages, you will find information about the Department itself and selected topics of international interest. Other topics of national importance have not been translated into English. It is therefore possible that you may not find the information you are looking for. In this case, please try one of the other languages available or make use of the search or index functions.
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