LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Around 400 people participated in a memorial march in Lausanne 7 August in response to the brutal murder of a 32-year-old father of two, who was killed over the weekend by a 19-year-old youth he reportedly didn’t know. Lausanne police have arrested three people in connection with the fatal stabbing of the [...]
Geneva’s petty crime on the rise
August 18, 2009 by
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Petty larceny, with pickpocketing high on the list, has been rising in Geneva: 1,597 arrests in 2006; 1,794 in 2007 and 1,955 in 2008, according to police figures, possibly in line with a nationwide increase, but comparative figures will not be available before 2010, reports AFP. The news agency notes in [...]
