Ukraine Swiss parts in Russian weapons: Seco cooperates with companies

So far, Seco has opened over fifty administrative penalty proceedings for violations of the Russia sanctions. It is working closely with companies to prevent components from Switzerland ending up in Russian weapons against Ukraine.

Of the 56 proceedings opened, 41 have been legally concluded, as the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), which is responsible for enforcing the sanctions, informed the Keystone-SDA news agency. 26 ended with discontinuation orders, 14 with penalty notices and one with a penalty order.

Since March 2022, immediately after the start of the Russian war of aggression, around 300 suspected cases of violations of sanctions against Russia and Belarus have been reported to the State Secretariat.

For Seco, the main problem is that a number of countries, particularly in Asia, do not support the international sanctions. The majority of Western components of Russian weapons were not delivered directly to Russia due to these circumvention possibilities.