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Since 2017, the BKMS^® Incident Reporting (formerly known as BKMS^® System) has been supporting the Swiss Federal Audit Office in the fight against corruption, embezzlement, abuse of power and tax fraud. And the federal corruption hunters have a lot to do: Last year, they received more leads than ever before. In 2019, the Financial Controllers were…

Last year the number of politically motivated crimes rose by around 14 percent to 41,177. This means that politically motivated crime is at the second highest level since these statistics were introduced in 2001.[1] Particularly in the past few weeks there has been a massive increase in the militancy of the violent left-wing extremist scene in…

The corona crisis is a special situation for all of us, which turns the familiar world upside down. Children and young people in particular are affected by these restrictions. Due to the increasing pressure on families and, at the same time, a lack of social balance and “control”, experts expect a strong increase in domestic violence and child…

Berlin, 23 April 2020 – After weeks of restrictions on public life in the wake of the Sars-CoV-2 virus pandemic, the first nationwide easing of restrictions was decided this week. Will these take effect or will they lead to a new wave of infection, which would possibly result in a second lockdown? The long-term effects of the worldwide pandemic are…