The number of telecommunications surveillance measures exploded in 2024

Le nombre de mesures de surveillance a explosé en 2024 en Suisse

Après une tendance à la baisse, le nombre de mesures de surveillance des télécommunications a explosé en 2024. Près de la moitié d'entre elles concernaient des infractions contre le patrimoine, soit des escroqueries, abus de confiance ou encore des abus de cartes.

In 2024 the law enforcement authorities and the Federal Intelligence Service ordered more than twice as many monitoring measures in the telecommunications network as in the previous year. This is mainly due to the strong increase in antenna search.

After a downward trend, the number of telecommunications surveillance measures exploded in 2024, with almost half of them involving property offences, such as fraud, abuse of trust or card abuse.

In 2024, the law enforcement authorities and the Federal Intelligence Service ordered more than twice as many surveillance measures from the Postal and Telecommunications Surveillance Service (ÜPF) as in the previous year.