GENEVA (AP) — An Indian-born billionaire and three family members were sentenced to prison on Friday for exploiting domestic workers at their lakeside villa in Switzerland by seizing their passports, barring them from going out and making them work up to 18 hours a day. A Swiss court dismissed more serious charges of human trafficking...
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Three people arrested in Switzerland in international drug gang crackdown
Several kilograms of cocaine and heroin were seized during arrests in Switzerland on June 4. Keystone The discovery of empty cocaine packaging and shredding equipment at an illegal landfill site in Antwerp, Belgium, led investigators on the trail of an Albanian drug trafficking ring. Three arrests were made in Switzerland as a result of international...
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Swiss football boss wants crackdown on individual hooligans
FC Servette fans during the game against FC Winterthur on April 28, 2024. Keystone The head of the Swiss Football League (SFL) wants harsher penalties for troublemakers at stadiums. However, he repeated the stance that collective punishment measures are counter-productive. This content was published on May 5, 2024 – 14:07 “We want tougher sentences for...
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Swiss man “strangled” Thai wife
Playing card was found lodged in wife’s throat during police examination PUBLISHED : 30 Jan 2024 at 07:08 Rescue workers carry the body of Orathai Posee-ngarm out of the cornfield in Khon Buri district, Nakhon Ratchasima, on Monday. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert) NAKHON RATCHASIMA – A 53-year-old Swiss man admitted to police that he accidentally strangled...