Disputes – International

None.

Illicit Drugs

Switzerland is a major international financial centre vulnerable to the layering and integration stages of money laundering. Despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and non-residents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries.

Switzerland is also a transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and Western European synthetics, and has a domestic cannabis cultivation and limited ecstasy production.