The Swiss enforcement machinery

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Switzerland has its own collection and analysis structures — governed by the Intelligence Services Act (IntelSA) and the Surveillance of Postal and Telecom Traffic Act (SPTA). With oversight and interfaces to foreign services.

Sub-pages in this section

#	Page	About
1	IntelSA 2017 — mandates, limits, oversight	Swiss Intelligence Services Act since 1 September 2017.
2	PTSS Service — request types, fees, volumes	Central Swiss hub for access and surveillance.
3	Cable intelligence — IntelSA art. 39 ff. and ZEO Zimmerwald	Swiss variant of fibre-optic interception.
4	IASA NDB, IASA-GEX, INDEX NDB — retention and access	The central FIS databases.
5	Liaison architecture — Five Eyes and Switzerland	Bilateral interfaces to foreign services.
6	IS-FIS — oversight authority for the FIS	The independent oversight body for the FIS.
7	FBI Legat in Bern — legal status, practice, SCC art. 271	US law-enforcement liaison in the US embassy Bern.