Explosive attacks on cash machines, burglaries at luxury car dealerships, raids on gun shops and even carjackings: in recent months, a string of spectacular crimes has made headlines across Switzerland. The incidents are fuelling a debate about security in a country traditionally regarded as one of the safest in the world.\n<\/p>\n
In Geneva, these concerns are now spreading to the business community. According to several business representatives, the rise in crime and the resulting sense of insecurity are becoming a cause for concern. They fear, in particular, that this could affect the canton\u2019s appeal and are calling on the authorities to step up their efforts.<\/p>\n
According to a study published this week by the Foundation for the Attractiveness of canton Geneva (FLAG), the number of offences under the criminal code recorded in the canton rose by 14.1% between 2022 and 2025. Property offences, such as theft, burglary and fraud, account for nearly three-quarters of recorded offences. Homejackings almost doubled over the same period, while serious violence rose by more than 20%.<\/p>\n
The authorities stress, however, that Geneva remains a safe city by international standards. They also point to several measures designed to modernise security systems and better combat new forms of crime. Some indicators are, in fact, moving in a positive direction, particularly when it comes to cybercrime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explosive attacks on cash machines, burglaries at luxury car dealerships, raids on gun shops and even carjackings: in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[37763,1211,17],"class_list":["post-115552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-beat-swiss-diaspora","tag-home-swiss-abroad","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117094711781139456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}