Telecommunications Surveillance Statistics: Stable Figures in 2018
Bern, 21.5.2019 - In 2018, the Swiss prosecution authorities and the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) ordered roughly the same number of surveillance measures from the Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Service (PTSS) as the previous year. According to the figures and a comparison with the total number of offences committed, telecommunications surveillance is used in about 1.5% of all offences. The ratio is highest for felonies and misdemeanours constituting a public danger, felonies and misdemeanours against the administration of justice, and drug trafficking. For the first time, all the figures are presented in dynamic statistics, published on the PTSS website.