The Border Guard Corps (BGC)The Border Guard Corps (BGC) is Switzerland’s most important national body for civil security.. and is the uniformed and armed section of the FCA, which is attached to the Federal Department of Finance (FDF). The BGC accomplishes security policing and fiscal tasks, notably: people, vehicle and object searches, combat against drug trafficking and document forgery, foreigner and traffic policing and the provision of customs services and combat against smuggling. The movement of people and goods is steadily increasing. Around 630’000 people and 330’000 vehicles cross the Swiss border every day. Every year around 100’000 people are refused entry into Switzerland and several thou-sand people are stopped who entered Switzerland illegally. Based on agreements with cantonal police authorities, the border guard corps transfers every year a total of 50’000 suspects to the competent police authorities. The detection of nearly 3’000 cross-border drug crimes, 2’000 document forgeries and around 20’000 infractions against the road traffic law further substantiate the record of achievement of the border guard corps. |
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