Fraud Intelligence
Swiss align tax and criminal law on bribery
By Sara Lewis
Switzerland’s federal government has passed a new law that will finally prevent Swiss companies and individuals from setting
bribes paid to private individuals against tax as investment or business development costs [1]: active corruption of foreign
public officials has been illegal in the country since 1 May 2000 and bribery in the private sector first became a criminal
offence in 2006. [2]