Bundesanwaltschaft BA / Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland OAG

What Bundesanwaltschaft BA / Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland OAG does

The Bundesanwaltschaft (BA), also known as the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), is Switzerland's federal criminal prosecution authority, headquartered at Guisanplatz 1, CH-3003 Bern, and operating under the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code (StPO) and the Federal Act on the Organization of the Federal Criminal Authorities (StBOG). With 142 employees, the BA has exclusive jurisdiction over federal criminal matters including state-protection crimes, terrorism and its financing, organized crime, money laundering, corruption, and economic crime of national or international significance, and provides international legal assistance to foreign authorities. The institution traces its origins to 1848 and operates under its current organizational structure since the StBOG took effect in 2010.

The BA's operating model centers on case-management technology for federal prosecution and complex international investigations, with submissions handled via the PrivaSphere secure delivery platform requiring qualified electronic signatures under Art. 110 Abs. 2 StPO. Its "products" are public legal services rather than commercial offerings: criminal-complaint intake (Strafanzeigen), publication of penal orders and rulings (Strafbefehle und Verfügungen), media releases, federal-jurisdiction guidance, and a Language Service (Sprachdienst) supplying translators and interpreters for legal and mutual-assistance proceedings. Investigations are conducted in close cooperation with the Bundeskriminalpolizei (BKP) as judicial police of the Confederation, fedpol (Federal Office of Police), the Bundesamt für Cybersicherheit (BACS) on cyber matters, cantonal prosecutors, and international partners including a Joint Investigation Team with the Catanzaro (Italy) prosecutor's office on 'Ndrangheta activities.

As a Swiss federal government agency, the BA is funded through federal budget appropriations and does not generate commercial revenue or charge for prosecutorial services. Its enforcement output between 2024 and 2026 includes bank convictions against Morgan Stanley Switzerland (CHF 1M, Feb 2025), Banque Pictet (CHF 2M, Jun 2025), J.P. Morgan Suisse (CHF 3M, Aug 2025), and Bank J. Safra Sarasin (CHF 3.5M, Aug 2025) for AML failures, an indictment of Bank Lombard Odier (Nov 2024), Credit Suisse Mozambique-related charges (Dec 2025), as well as indictments spanning ISIS support cases, ATM-bombing networks, 'Ndrangheta membership, insider trading, and DDoS attacks by NoName057(16). In March 2025 the BA, UK SFO, and French PNF signed a Founding Statement establishing a cross-border Task Force against international bribery and corruption.

Name

Bundesanwaltschaft BA / Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland OAG

Legal name

Bundesanwaltschaft

Website

https://bundesanwaltschaft.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Bundesanwaltschaft (BA) is Switzerland's federal criminal prosecution authority, headquartered in Bern with 142 employees. It prosecutes terrorism, organized crime, money laundering, corruption, and economic crime under federal jurisdiction in cooperation with national and international partner agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Criminal Prosecution Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

White-Collar Defense & Investigations (BPAHAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Financial Services Regulators (Banking, Securities, Insurance) (BPAIAOAK)

Keywords

• Federal criminal prosecution
• International legal assistance
• Anti-money laundering enforcement
• Organized crime investigation
• Terrorism financing prosecution

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Bundesanwaltschaft (BA) is Switzerland's federal prosecution authority, responsible for enforcing state criminal claims within federal jurisdiction. It investigates and prosecutes terrorism and its financing, participation in criminal organizations, money laundering, corruption, and economic crimes of national or international significance, and provides international legal assistance to foreign authorities. It operates as an independent, self-governing federal authority headquartered in Bern, coordinating with domestic and international law enforcement partners.

Product overview

The Bundesanwaltschaft (BA) is Switzerland's Federal Prosecutor's Office, functioning as the federal criminal prosecution authority. Rather than a commercial product portfolio, the BA provides public legal services including criminal complaint processing, penal orders and rulings publication, press communications, federal jurisdiction guidance, and language/translation services. These services operate within the framework of Swiss criminal procedure law (StPO) and federal criminal jurisdiction.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strafanzeigen (Criminal Complaints Filing) The official channel for submitting criminal complaints to the Federal Prosecutor's Office. Submissions must be in one of Switzerland's official languages (German, French, or Italian) and meet specific formal requirements.
• Strafbefehle und Verfügungen (Penal Orders and Rulings) Public access to penal orders, discontinuation orders, and non-press charges issued by the Federal Prosecutor's Office, governed by the principle of public access to judicial proceedings.
• Medienmitteilungen (Press Releases) Official press releases documenting the organization's activities including criminal proceedings, arrests, seizures, and international cooperation in law enforcement matters.
• Bundeszuständigkeit (Federal Jurisdiction Services) Information and procedures regarding federal criminal prosecution competencies, including state protection crimes, organized crime, terrorism, money laundering, corruption, and international legal assistance.
• Sprachdienst (Language Services) Translation and interpreting services for criminal and mutual legal assistance proceedings, seeking translators and interpreters in various language combinations including at least one Swiss official language.

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Serious Fraud Office (SFO) - United KingdomcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 March 2025The SFO and BA signed a Founding Statement establishing a joint task force for combating international bribery and corruption. This alliance strengthens cross-border cooperation between the UK's Serious Fraud Office, France's Parquet National Financier, and Switzerland's Bundesanwaltschaft.
• Parquet National Financier (PNF) - FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 March 2025The PNF joined with the UK's SFO and Switzerland's BA to establish a new alliance for fighting international bribery and corruption. The three partners signed a Founding Statement creating a joint task force.
• Bundeskriminalpolizei (BKP) - Federal Criminal PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe BA conducts its criminal investigations in close cooperation with the BKP as the judicial police of the Confederation. The BKP provides investigative support for federal criminal cases.
• fedpol - Federal Office of PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe BA cooperates closely with fedpol on organized crime, terrorism, and cyber crime cases. Fedpol supports investigations through operational assistance and coordination of federal police activities.
• Bundesamt für Cybersicherheit (BACS)supportingTechnology or IntegrationThe BA works with BACS on cybersecurity cases, including DDoS attacks on federal websites and ransomware investigations, to protect critical infrastructure.
• Cantonal Police Forces (Kantonspolizeien)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe BA works closely with cantonal prosecution authorities and police forces for cross-cantonal operations and investigations requiring local enforcement presence.
• Staatsanwaltschaft von Catanzaro - ItalycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Joint Investigation Team (GEG) was established with the public prosecutor's office of Catanzaro, Italy, for the investigation of 'Ndrangheta activities in Switzerland.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Generalbundesanwaltschaft (GBA): Germany's federal prosecutor general with jurisdiction over terrorism, organized crime and serious economic offenses. Operates as the closest German functional counterpart to the BA in scope and federal structure.
• Serious Fraud Office (SFO): The UK's specialist anti-bribery and complex fraud prosecutor. Joined with the BA and PNF in the March 2025 founding of the international anti-bribery Task Force, making it the most directly comparable peer in mandate, scope, and cross-border operating model.
• Parquet National Financier (PNF): France's national financial prosecutor with jurisdiction over complex financial crime. Co-founded the 2025 anti-bribery Task Force with the BA, sharing an analogous mandate for economic crime, AML and corruption enforcement.
• Direzione Nazionale Antimafia (DNA): Italy's national anti-mafia and terrorism prosecution directorate. Counterparty to the BA's JIT with Catanzaro on 'Ndrangheta cases, making it a directly comparable peer in organized crime and terrorism prosecution.
• Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (FINMA adjacent) — Federal Office of Police (fedpol): fedpol is the BA's primary domestic operational partner for organized crime, terrorism and cybercrime. While law enforcement rather than prosecution, it shares federal jurisdiction and mission overlap in Swiss security enforcement.
• Bundeskriminalpolizei (BKP): The judicial police of the Confederation supporting BA investigations into federal criminal cases. Functions as the BA's investigative arm and is therefore the closest domestic operational peer.

Broad incumbents

• Eurojust: EU agency coordinating cross-border criminal investigations among member-state prosecutors. Provides the framework within which the BA's JITs (e.g., Catanzaro) operate, making it a structural peer for cross-border prosecutorial cooperation.
• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): U.S. federal prosecution authority with parallel jurisdiction over terrorism, financial crime, corruption and cross-border enforcement (e.g., 1MDB). Operates at significantly larger scale but shares the federal prosecutor role and AML/enforcement mandate.

Regional players

• FINMA: Switzerland's financial market regulator. Complementary rather than competing — FINMA handles administrative/regulatory AML enforcement against banks, while the BA handles criminal prosecution; together they form Switzerland's full AML enforcement chain.
• Office of the Attorney General of Austria: Austria's federal prosecution authority for terrorism, organized crime and economic crime. Comparable in mandate and scale as a small European federal prosecutor, and a potential future counterpart for cross-border investigations involving Swiss cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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