Criminal Defense

Criminal defense under Swiss law: penalty order, police interview, detention, procedure and appeals. Practical guidance for the accused, in Geneva and French-speaking Switzerland.

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Unrepaid Loan or Fraud (art. 146 SCC)? Qualifying Correctly to Recover Your Money

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

Summoned to a Hearing: Your Rights, and Who Pays Your Lawyer

Summoned by police or prosecutor in Switzerland: your rights from the first interview, and who pays your lawyer if the case is dropped (art. 429...

Criminal Procedure in Switzerland: The Stages, From Suspicion to Judgment

A summons arrives. “As an accused”, or as a person asked to provide information, or as a private claimant. And then, blankness.…