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.
Bern, 23.11.2021: The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has sentenced three Swiss subsidiaries of the multinational group SBM Offshore and ordered them to pay an amount of over CHF 7 million, including a fine of CHF 4.2 million. These three companies failed to take all the reasonable organisational measures required to prevent the bribery, of foreign public officials in Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
16.11.2021: Cooperation on combating organised crime
Bern, 23.11.2021: The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has sentenced three Swiss subsidiaries of the multinational group SBM Offshore and ordered them to pay an amount of over CHF 7 million, including a fine of CHF 4.2 million. These three companies failed to take all the reasonable organisational measures required to prevent the bribery, of foreign public officials in Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
02.11.2021: Football: Indictment for a payment of CHF 2 million by FIFA to the former president of UEFA
Berne, 02.11.2021: The OAG has filed an indictment against the former President of FIFA, Joseph
Blatter, and against the former President of UEFA, Michel Platini. Both are
accused of unlawfully arranging a payment of CHF 2 million from the FIFA to Michel
Platini.
