Swiss Border Guard

Swiss Border Guard
  • Grenzwachtkorps (German)
  • Corps des gardes-frontière (French)
  • Corpo delle guardie di confine (Italian)
  • Corp da guardias da cunfin (Romansh)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)		Switzerland
Operations jurisdictionSwitzerland
Legal jurisdictionFederal administration of Switzerland
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
  • National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible
Parent agency
Website
ezv.admin.ch/operationen

The Swiss Border Guard,[1] known as the Swiss Border Guard Command[2] (French: Corps des gardes-frontière,[3] German: Grenzwachtkorps,[4] Italian: Corpo delle guardie di confine,[5] Romansh: Corp da guardias da cunfin) was a federal law enforcement agency, which acted as both the border guard and customs service for Switzerland. It was a uniformed and armed section of the Federal Customs Administration, which is attached to the Federal Department of Finance.[6] It was the largest civilian security agency on a federal level.

The Swiss Border Guard took care of the prevention, intervention and repression concerning customs and migration related matters. It enforced border security and national compensating measures under the Schengen Agreement. The guard participated in international missions of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex).

  1. ^ "Swiss Customs Administration - Swiss Border Guard SBG". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Swiss Customs Administration - Organisation". Archived from the original on 14 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Administration fédérale des douanes AFD - Corps des gardes-frontière (CGFR)". Archived from the original on 9 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung EZV - Grenzwachtkorps GWK". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Amministrazione federale delle dogane AFD - Corpo delle guardie di confine CGCF". Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
  6. ^ https://www.frontex.europa.eu/partners/other-partners-and-projects/national-authorities/s [bare URL]