Break-ins on the rise in Vaud, Geneva
GenevaLunch News Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – The number of homes in the Lake Geneva region that are being burgled (see cantonal police map) has been rising for the past five...
View ArticleWatch out for thieves – and check photos if you’ve lost your jewels
GenevaLunch News Lake Geneva region (GenevaLunch) – Police in Vaud and Geneva are warning that there has been a rapid increase in break-ins of homes in the region in recent weeks. Le Temps, which...
View ArticleResidential break-ins rise 22% in Vaud, crime up 34% in 10 years
GenevaLunch News Lake Geneva region (GenevaLunch) - Police in Vaud, presenting the annual cantonal crime statistics, said that residential break-ins rose 22 percent in 2008, boosting the overall rate...
View ArticleBurglaries rise sharply in Geneva, Vaud stable
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Houses are being burgled at a far higher rate than usual in Geneva, police have told the Tribune de Geneve: some 800 cases in January and 30 a day...
View ArticleGeneva police caution residents to close shutters completely at night
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Thieves in Geneva are taking advantage of summer weather to break into apartments, often on lower floors of buildings, by forcing open shutters that are only...
View ArticleEight minors arrested in regional theft ring
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Police in canton Valais have arrested a group of 16- and 17-year-olds who have been operating a theft ring in canton Valais, stealing some CHF100,000 worth of...
View ArticleTake your cell phone and computer out of the car, say police
GenevaLunch News SION, VALAIS – Police in canton Valais say the capital, Sion, has been hit by a spate of car break-ins, with thieves going after cell phones and computers, or any other items of value....
View ArticleThief arrested after 20 breakins while families at funerals
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 50-year-old Swiss man from the Jura was arrested in March, canton Vaud police announced 4 April, during a break-in in Delemont, while the family was off at a...
View ArticleGood day for cops, bad day for robbers
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The score this week: Valais and Vaud police 10, robbers 0. The flashy robberies, masked men with little but deadly guns and cash registers being emptied,...
View ArticleSwiss crime: look at the stats, please
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The human urge to complain tends to lead to exaggeration and crime figures for Switzerland seem to be a current victim of that. I’m hearing and seeing claims...
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