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Summoned in Geneva by the police or the Public Prosecutor? Check your status, call a lawyer before the interview and read the record before signing.

Summons, search or frozen account in Geneva. Three days to request sealing, ten days to appeal, and why the first interview needs preparation.

Drink-driving from 0.8 per mille or speeding 25 km/h over in town is a serious offence in Geneva. Licence, penalty order and the 10-day deadline.

Police 24 hours, prosecutor 48 hours, court 48 hours. Pre-trial detention deadlines in Geneva, bail, visits and what family members can do.

When does an unpaid loan become criminal fraud in Switzerland? Deception, fraud versus misappropriation, and how to actually recover your money.

Case not pursued, dropped or acquitted in Switzerland: Art. 429 CrimPC compensates your defence costs. Conditions, reductions and pitfalls.

Received a penalty order in Geneva? You have 10 days to object, or it becomes final. Deadline, form, costs and effect on your licence.

A summons arrives. “As an accused”, or as a person asked to provide information, or as a private claimant. No one has…