Security in the shadow of underinvestment. Why does rich Switzerland save on duty?

Swiss civilian Intelligence – Service de renaissance de la Confédération (SRC, Confederate Intelligence Service) – functions in a safety model with a strictly statutory mandate. As the authoritative Département fédéral de la défense website, de la protection de la population et des sports (DDPS/VBS, national Department of Defence, civilian Protection and Sport) on the SRC explains, the essential tasks of the service include prevention and safety assessment alternatively than criminal prosecution. The SRC is intended to detect and counter terrorism, violent extremism, espionage, proliferation of weapons of mass demolition and cyber attacks aimed at critical infrastructure, supporting the national Council, national administration, the military and, in certain areas, cantons.