Stage 2 - Threat identification and police measures for danger prevention

Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) and cantonal intelligence services (CISs)
Cantonal and communal police services and members of cantonal threat management teams
State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) and cantonal migration services
Federal Office of Police fedpol

FIS:

Identification and prevention of terrorist threats
Analysis of intelligence on terrorist activities
Research and information gathering from open and intelligence sources
Preventive dialogue
Awareness-raising in prisons
Preparation of reports for the Office of the Atorney General of Switzerland (OAG), SEM and fedpol
Request to fedpol for preventive police measures (Federal Act on Police Measures for Fighting Terrorism PMT) outside of criminal proceedings or after completion of a penal or correctional sentence, including:
- an obligation to report to the police and participate in preventive dialogue (Art. 23k Internal Security Act ISA)
- a contact ban (Art. 23l ISA)
- a restriction or exclusion order (Art. 23m ISA)
- a ban on leaving the country (Art. 23n ISA)
- house arrest (Art. 23o ISA)
- electronic surveillance and mobile phone localisation (Art. 23g ISA)
Alert in the RIPOL database or the Schengen Information System (SIS) for specific checks or discreet surveillance

Cantons:

Cantonal threat management
Instruments and measures based on cantonal police law to identify criminal offences
Threat prevention by the police
Request to fedpol for preventive police measures (Federal Act on Police Measures for Fighting Terrorism PMT) outside of criminal proceedings or after completion of a penal or correctional sentence (see ‘FIS: Request to fedpol’ above)

fedpol:

Entry ban and removal of foreign nationals who pose a threat to internal or external security: the FIS must confirm the measure in advance
Alert in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for specific checks or discreet surveillance

Cooperation with SEM and cantonal migration offices:

Refusal/revocation of asylum/residence permits
Refusal of a visa
Refusal to grant Swiss citizenship
Revocation of Swiss citizenship for dual citizens
Measures under the law on foreign nationals, such as restriction and exclusion orders
Detention in preparation for departure of foreign nationals who pose a threat to Switzerland’s internal or external security (Art. 75 para. 1 let. i in conjunction with Art. 76 para. 1 let. b No 1 Foreign Nationals and Integration Act FNIA)
SEM can also contribute to the early detection of cases that may be relevant to internal or external security and report these cases to its security partners (FIS, fedpol)

Close cooperation between the federal and cantonal security services concerned with operational coordination under TETRA (Terrorist Tracking)

Stages of radicalisation

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