Welcome to the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG)
As the prosecutors’ office for the Confederation, the OAG is responsible for investigating and prosecuting offences that fall under federal jurisdiction, which are specified in Articles 23 and 24 of the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code and in other federal legislation.
Since 1 January 2022, Attorney General of Switzerland Stefan Blättler heads the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland. On 14 June 2023, Parliament again expressed its confidence in him by re-electing him with 209 out of 210 valid votes for the term of office from 2024 to 2027.
Bern, 10.08.2023: On behalf of the Office
of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), fedpol and local cantonal police
forces carried out seven house searches today in the cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel
and arrested four persons. The persons arrested are suspected of carrying out various
support activities for a terrorist group.
27.04.2023: SICPA SA convicted of corporate criminal liability for acts of corruption
Bern, 27.04.2023: The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has ordered SICPA SA to pay CHF 81 million for corporate criminal liability for acts of corruption. A former sales manager of SICPA was also handed a conditional prison sentence of 170 days. The proceedings against the CEO and major shareholder of SICPA are being discontinued.
25.04.2023: 1MDB affair: two PETROSAUDI managers indicted in the Federal Criminal Court
25.04.2023, Bern: The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment against two PETROSAUDI managers. The two accused are alleged, with the aim of enriching themselves and others, to have misappropriated at least USD 1.8 billion transferred by the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MALAYSIA DEVELOPMENT BERHAD (1MDB) in connection with a joint-venture with PETROSAUDI, an operation subsequently converted into an Islamic loan, and then to have laundered the amounts involved.
